Statistics for British Monarchy Records

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Longest reigning female monarch	Queen Victoria	98%
Shortest female monarch	Queen Victoria	98%
Longest lived female monarch	Queen Elizabeth II	87%
Youngest male monarch (age at ascension)	Henry VI	79%
Shortest lived male monarch	Edward V	77%
Longest lived male monarch	George III	77%
Longest reigning male monarch	George III	77%
Most marriages	Henry VIII	77%
Most children borne	Anne	73%
Oldest female monarch to marry	Mary I	73%
Oldest female monarch (age at ascension)	Mary I	73%
Oldest father	Edward I	67%
Shortest reigning female monarch	Lady Jane Grey	64%
Most children sired	Henry I	60%
Youngest mother	Mary II	58%
Youngest female monarch to marry	Mary II	58%
Tallest male monarch	Edward IV	56%
Oldest male monarch to marry	William IV	53%
Oldest male monarch (age at ascension)	William IV	53%
Youngest father	Henry IV	52%
Youngest female monarch (age at ascension)	Mary, Queen of Scots	7%
Tallest female monarch	Mary, Queen of Scots	7%
Shortest male monarch	King John of England	4%
Youngest male monarch to marry	David II	2%
Shortest reigning male monarch	Edgar the Aetheling	2%
Oldest mother	Eleanor of Aquitaine	2%
Shortest lived female monarch	Margaret, Maid of Norway	2%