Statistics for Monarchs of England

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House	Reign	Epithet	Clue	Answer	% Correct
Tudor	1558–1603	"The Virgin Queen", "Gloriana", "Good Queen Bess"	Defeated the Spanish Armada	Elizabeth I	87%
Tudor	1509–1547	The first "Defender of the Faith"	Had six wives; initiated the English Reformation	Henry VIII	87%
Tudor	1553–1558	"Bloody"	Co-ruled with her husband	Mary I	87%
Stuart	1625–1649		Overthrown during the English Civil War	Charles I	82%
Stuart	1660–1685	"The Merry Monarch"	Became king after the Restoration of the monarchy	Charles II	82%
Tudor	1485–1509		Won the Battle of Bosworth Field and thus the War of the Roses	Henry VII	82%
Stuart	1603–1625		Also King of the Scots	James I	82%
Normandy	1066–1087	"the Bastard", "the Conqueror"	Won the Battle of Hastings	William I	82%
Wessex	871–899	"the Great"	King of Wessex	Alfred the Great	80%
Stuart	1702–1707		Queen of Great Britain and Ireland 1707–1714	Anne	80%
Tudor	1547–1553		Died at 15	Edward VI	80%
Anjou	1199–1216	Lackland	A villain to Robin Hood	John	80%
Anjou	1189–1199	"the Lionheart", "Oc e No" ("Yes and No")	Fought in the Third Crusade	Richard I	80%
Orange-Nassau	1689–1702	of Orange, "King Billy"	Co-ruled with his wife	William III	80%
Lancaster	1399–1413	Bolingbroke or of Bolingbroke		Henry IV	78%
Lancaster	1413–1422	"The Star of England"	Won the Battle of Agincourt	Henry V	78%
Stuart	1689–1694		Co-ruled with her husband	Mary II	78%
York	1483–1485		Portrayed in Shakespeare's play as a hunchback; lost the Battle of Bosworth Field	Richard III	78%
Normandy	1087–1100	Rufus or "the Red"		William II	78%
Plantagenet	1272–1307	Longshanks, "The Hammer of the Scots"	Conquered Wales	Edward I	76%
Plantagenet	1307–1327	of Caernarfon		Edward II	76%
Plantagenet	1327–1377		Won the Battle of Crécy	Edward III	76%
York	1461–1470, 1471–1483			Edward IV	76%
Lancaster	1422–1461, 1470–1471		The War of the Roses began during his reign.	Henry VI	76%
Stuart	1685–1688		The last Catholic monarch of England; deposed during the Glorious Revolution	James II	76%
Plantagenet	1377–1399	of Bordeaux		Richard II	76%
York	1483		One of the "Princes in the Tower"	Edward V	73%
Wessex	978–1013, 1014–1016	"the Unready"	Reign interrupted by next monarch	Æthelred the Unready	69%
Plantagenet	1216–1272	of Winchester		Henry III	69%
Wessex	1066	Godwinson	Won the Battle of Stamford Bridge and lost the Battle of Hastings	Harold Godwinson	67%
Normandy	1100–1135	Beauclerc		Henry I	67%
Anjou	1154–1189	FitzEmpress, Curtmantle	Co-ruled with his son	Henry II	67%
Blois	1135–1154	of Blois	Fought against Empress Matilda in the Anarchy	Stephen	67%
Habsburg	1554–1558	"the Prudent"	Co-ruled with his wife; also King of Naples, Sicily and Spain	Philip	60%
Wessex	1042–1066	"the Confessor"	A confessor and saint	Edward the Confessor	53%
Denmark	1016–1035	"the Great"	Also King of Denmark and Norway	Cnut	51%
Denmark	1035–1040	Harefoot	Also King of Denmark and Norway	Harold Harefoot	49%
Denmark	1013–1014	Forkbeard	Also King of Denmark and Norway	Sweyn Forkbeard	40%
Wessex	899–924	"the Elder"		Edward the Elder	38%
Wessex	1016	Ironside		Edmund II	33%
Wessex	1066	"the Ætheling"	Never crowned	Edgar the Ætheling	31%
Wessex	959–975	"the Peaceful" or "the Peaceable"		Edgar the Peaceful	31%
Wessex	939–946	"the Elder", "the Deed-doer", "the Just", "the Magnificent"		Edmund I	31%
Wessex	975–978	"the Martyr"	Considered a martyr and saint	Edward the Martyr	31%
Anjou	1170–1183	"the Young King"	Co-ruled with his father as Junior King (unnumbered)	Henry the Young King	31%
Wessex	924–939		The first "King of the English" in 927	Æthelstan	29%
Denmark	1040–1042		Also King of Denmark	Harthacnut	29%
Wessex	955–959	All-Fair or "the Fair"		Eadwig	22%
Wessex	946–955			Eadred	20%