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1. I was born in 1516 and was the only legitimate child of the King and Queen of England. As a child I was taken into the care of Lady Margaret Pole. In the late 1520s my father started proceedings to have his marriage to my mother annulled so he could marry his mistress madam Anne Boleyn. After a refusal from Rome to annul the marriage my father broke his ties with the see of Rome and took his mistress as his wife. Several months afterwards my father's mistress gave him a daughter who he acknowledged as his heir and I was denied the title of princess. My father's mistress fell from favour in 1536 and was executed and a long line of ladies followed her as my father's queen until 1547 when my father died. My young brother took the throne after my father's death and converted England into a Protestant state but he died young in 1553. After an abortive attempt at seizing my throne by Northumberland and my young cousin, I succeeded to the throne. I tried to restore England to a Catholic nation but I failed. In 1558 I died of dropsy, which I thought was a pregnancy. Who am I?
2. I was born in 1102 and was one of two legitimate children born to my parents the King and Queen of England. When I was young I was married off to the new Holy Roman Emperor and I enjoyed my life living in Germany immensely. When I was 18 my elder brother drowned and my husband also died so my father called me back to England where he acknowledged me as his heir. When he died my cousin usurped the throne and I fought him vigorously for two decades to try and reclaim my father's throne. In 1153 my cousin graciously accepted my son and heir as his heir to my kingdom after his own son died. My son succeeded to the throne the following year and I spent the rest of my life as a respected Queen Dowager while advising my son well on matters of state. Who am I?
3. I was born in 1819 and was the only child of my father, the Duke of Kent, although I did have a half brother and sister on my mother's side. My father died when I was but a year old, leaving me to be cared for by my mother, the Duchess. I spent my teens watching my uncles seat themselves on the throne, watching me to see how I was growing. I succeeded to the throne after my uncle William's death. I married a fair prince from a continental province and we had a large family. On my death I was the longest reigning monarch.
4. I was born in 1567 to ill-fated parents in Scotland. I was crowned King when I was still quite young and I was raised a Protestant by the reformers of the day. When my cousin of England died in 1603 I proceeded to the south to claim my hereditary crown. Early in my reign there was an attempt to blow up a parliament I attended which was named 'The Gunpowder Plot'. Luckily I lived to tell the tale. I had three children who survived childhood. Who am I?
5. I was born in Windsor Castle in 1421 and I became King on the death of my father a few months later. A regency was set up to rule for me and my two uncles were Regents of my lands in France and England. When I attained my majority I married a young damsel from Anjou who helped me considerably in the game of politics and she even gave me a fair son I named Edward who was to succeed me at my death. My cousin Richard of York pressed his claim to my throne but died in battle in 1460 only to be succeeded by his young son the Earl of March. Unfortunately I was overthrown in 1461 and I fled to Scotland for safety. The Earl of Warwick helped me to retrieve my throne but I was dethroned and murdered a year later in the Tower. My son didn't have a much better fate. Who am I?
6. I was married off to the young Prince of Wales and heir to England when I was still young. The prince was a weakling and spent most of his time with his favourites instead of with me. I took my young son and my lover to the court of my brother in France to plan our strategies for overthrowing the King my husband. Once he was overthrown my son was set up on the throne while my husband lingered on in one of his old castles. Unfortunately once my son reached his majority he punished me and my lover and I spent my remaining days living quietly on my dowager properties. Who am I?
7. I was the second legitimate son born to my father the king and and my brother and I brought joy to him partly for securing his dynasty. In 1483 my father the king died and my elder brother was led by my uncle to the Tower in readiness for his coronation. My mother distrusted my uncle, and my sisters and I fled to sanctuary only shortly afterwards.
We were allowed some freedoms at first but it soon became clear that our uncle wanted the crown for himself and shortly afterwards my brother and I disappeared. Who am I?
8. I was the eldest daughter of Thomas Boleyn and Elizabeth Howard. My family and I grew up comfortably at our estates at Hever Castle in Kent and elsewhere. My sister and I were sent to the French court to be ladies-in-waiting to Mary Tudor the new French queen. On our return I soon after became a favourite mistress of my Lord Sovereign King Henry VIII. After some years the king tired of me and took my sister as his mistress, with whom he became obsessed. He set aside his wife to make her his Queen. The rise to prominence of my sister brought me a very comfortable life but I made a marriage to someone below my status and I was banished from the court, not to be seen again. I died in 1543 on my country estate. Who was I?
9. I was born in 1894 to the Duke and Duchess of York and was a great grandson of Queen Victoria. I had many siblings and a harsh upbringing. I was a playboy and was renowned for my womanising, yet some years before I came to the throne I fell in love with an American woman whom my parents detested. In 1936 I became King and I planned on making my love my Queen but the people wouldn't stand for it and I couldn't live without the woman I loved, so I abdicated in late 1936 and my brother became king. I spent the rest of my life in exile. Who am I?
10. I was born in 1466 and I was the eldest daughter of the King and Queen of England. I had many siblings who arrived year after year in the nursery but I had only two healthy brothers. In 1483 my father the king died and my mother, my sisters and I fled to sanctuary, away from the grasp of my uncle. My uncle assumed the throne and my two brothers went missing in the Tower in 1483. The king's wife was ailing in 1484 and my mother and half brother encouraged me to welcome the king's advances though we never married as the Government wouldn't permit it. In 1485 my distant cousin Henry Tudor, a welsh squire invaded England and usurped the Plantagenet throne from my uncle. To cement his claim to the throne I was wed to the new king and made his queen though I was not crowned until after I bore our first son. I died in the Tower while giving birth to our eighth child. Who am I?
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