The History of European Royalty I Quiz

Answer: The French Bourbons

The Head of the Austrian Hapsburg's at the time was Archduke Charles Hapsburg, who claimed the Spanish throne through his grandmother, Infanta Princess Maria Anna, the daughter of King Phillip III Hapsburg of Spain. However, when Archduke Charles was elected Holy Roman Emperor, he abandoned his claim.

Therefore, the crown passed to the second grandson of King Louis XIV de Bourbon of France; through Infanta Princess Maria Theresa Hapsburg of Spain, the daughter of King Phillip IV Hapsburg of Spain; Duke Philippe de Bourbon of Anjou.

He became King Felipe V de Bourbon of Spain.

Answer: Great-Grandfather and Great-Grandson

King Louis XIV was 77 yrs old when he died having outlived his son, the Dauphin Louis de Bourbon of France (d. 1711) and his grandson, Duke Louis de Bourbon of Bourgogne (d. 1712). Therefore, the crown of France passed to his great-grandson who became King Louis XV de Bourbon of France.

Answer: Princess Catherine de Braganza of Portugal

When King Charles II Stuart first laid eyes on his future bride, he exclaimed to his friends, 'Gentlemen, you have brought me a bat!'. Although there was an initial dislike of his wife, King Charles II Stuart loved his wife to the end. Upon his deathbed, Queen Catherine asked for forgiveness for any wrongs that she may have done, where Charles replied that it was him who had to ask for forgiveness from her. Princess Maria Henrietta de Bourbon of France was his mother. Archduchess Margaret Hapsburg of Austria was once a candidate as bride for King Henry VIII Tudor of England.

Infanta Princess Margaret Theresa Hapsburg of Spain was the sister of the last Hapsburg King of Spain, Charles II.

Answer: Infanta Princess Catherine Trastamara of Aragon

King Henry VIII's first wife, Infanta Princess Catherine Trastamara of Castile was the mother of Queen Mary I Tudor of England. Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII's second wife, was Queen Elizabeth I Tudor's mother. King Henry VIII's fifth wife, Catherine Howard was beheaded at 18, childless and Jane Seymour, King Henry VIII's third wife gave him the son he most wanted, King Edward VI Tudor of England.

Answer: Husband and Wife

Princess Sophie von Anhalt-Serest of Anhalt married Grand Duke Peter Romanov on 1 September 1745. Prior to the wedding, according to tradition, the bride of the future Tsar must convert to the Russian Orthodox faith and change their name. Therefore Sophie became Catherine.

Answer: Third cousins

Both Elizabeth and Philip are great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria Hanover of Great Britain and Prince Albert Augustus Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of Saxe-Coburg. Elizabeth through the British kings Edward VII, George V and George VI. Philip through the Hessian German line who married into the Greek Royal Family.

Elizabeth and Philip are also second cousins, once removed through their relationship to King Christian IX of Denmark.

Answer: de Bourbon

King Henry IV de Bourbon was the first of the Bourbon line of French Kings, as well as the King of Navarre. He firstly married Princess Margaret de Valois of France in 18 August 1572. However after the annulment of their marriage, he married Princess Marie de Medici of Tuscany in 17 December 1600.

Answer: 1649

After dissolving parliament on the premise that he was King by divine right and required no government to rule, the people of Great Britain revolted and executed their King in 1649. How strange that after only eleven years once Cromwell was dead, the English people decided to return the very same monarchy they had abolished.

Answer: Normandy

King William I 'the Conqueror', Duke of Normandy, invaded England in early 1066, defeated the reigning king and had himself crowned on 25 December 1066.

Answer: The Lancasters

Both families were descended from King Edward III Plantagenet of England. The Lancaster's through John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster. The Yorks through Edmund of Langley, the Duke of York. The War of the Roses last from roughly 1398 through to 1485.