English Monarchs Quiz

It's probably better for most people this way, but I really preferred the older version. It was more fun for me to try and remember them in order and have to type the name.

I think it would be great if you did add on the Anglo-Saxon kings.

If he added the anglo-saxons, here's a question - what about the danish kings? Would they be on the quiz as well? It would probably cause some arguments. Let's keep it as it is.

Not a monarch but did he not want his son to succeed him?

he was not king

my ancestors helped with the norman invasion

There should be a 14th member of this list. Queen Jane reigned for 14 days in 1533 before she was executed in the Tower of London.

Missed Steven. Without needing to put in numbers, this quiz was too easy. After you've typed Elizabeth, Edward, George and Henry, you're almost done!

Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee, Harry, Dick, John, Harry three; One, two, three Neds, Richard two, Harrys four, five, six... then who? Edwards four, five, Dick the bad, Harrys twain and Ned the Lad; Mary, Bessie, James the Vain, Charlie, Charlie, James again... Will and Mary, Anna Gloria, Four Georges, William and Victoria; Edward seven next, and then George the fifth in 1910; Ned the eighth soon abdicated Then George the sixth was coronated; After which Elizabeth Who has the throne until her death.

The Edward that ruled 1901-1910 wasn't the 8th monarch of that name; his grandson, the one who abdicated, was. Also, he wasn't of the House of Windsor, he was of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. His son, George VI, changed the name to Windsor in 1917. Edward had then been dead for seven years, and the namechange was of course not retroactive.

Tragic Lady Jane Grey was only fifth in line but her ambitious father-in-law persuaded Edward, as he lay dying, to let her succeed him. As Edward didn't want the country ruled by a Catholic, he agreed, but Mary, who came to be called Bloody Mary, was declared the true heir. Jane and her husband, both teenagers, were executed.

Would be more challenging to have to put them in chronological order.

Surprisingly easy- most Kings were named Henry, William, George or Edward. That handles 26 of them already, and it's MUCH easier to remember the Queens since there were far fewer of them.

I am curious as to why Lady Jane Grey is not on the list. The 9 day queen.

10/13

Technically, Edward VII was not a Windsor because his son George V changed the name to Windsor during WWI because Saxe-Coburg sounded too German.

forgot JOhn and Stephen

Stephen seems totally random. Nobody wanted to be named after him.
I can remember King John because he was played by some kind of a panther thing with a pet snake wearing a short, short cape in Robin Hood by Disney. Sir Hiss.

Edward VII was House of Saxe-Coburg Gotha - his son George V started out as that too then changed the name to Windsor during WW1

Anyone else sing the horrible histories song?

That's not how she spelled her name; it was always Anne.

there are plenty of other monarchies in Europe. I'm a (British) republican but it's not something I feel really strongly about. It's rather a daft system but it does kind of work.

Easy! Should do a quiz where you have to get them in order.

You Americans do know there's a difference between England and Great Britain, right?

Henry VIII (Protestant) died and his son Edward (Protestant) became King.When he died, aged 15, in his will he stated his half-sister, Elizabeth (Protestant) was illegitimate, because even though she was born in wedlock, Henry VIII and Anne Bolyen's marriage had been annulled (it basically never happened...) and because Mary was a Catholic and he wanted to carry on the Protestant way of things, he wanted his cousin Jane (Protestant) to be Queen. But years before, his dad, Henry VIII and Parliament had brought a law in, the Act of Succession, that put Mary and Elizabeth in line behind his son Edward. the Treason Act made it an offence to interrupt that line of Succession, so what Edward wanted, he could not have without Parliament changing that law. Edward could cry "Jane" from the rooftops, but the Law said different. The Privy Council changed their collective mind, and declared Mary as Queen. Jane was never crowned.

Edward VII did not belong to the House of Windsor. He belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg Gotha as indeed did his son George V until the name was changed to the less German sounding more patriotic Windsor during the First World War in 1916 or 1917...

I would love the same quiz but where you actually have to know each persons name like in the right order (in addition to this quiz which is also great)

Just putting in most stereotypical old British names and got this done with like 1 minute left :D

Any chance of a one where you have to include the number also? This one is too easy :) I've been using this as a quiz for my 9 year old while in lockdown

*every child that grew up with horrible histories rises slowly from their seat*

There hasn't been a English monarch since 1706 it turned into the British monarchy So this is incorrect

Good quiz but it could be even better if one had to name them in order - too easy otherwise. The title of course is wrong - it should be English and British monarchs. And finally, Edward VII and George V were of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha until the latter changed the family name to Windsor in World War One...

Lady Jane Grey is missing, Queen for 9 days in 1553