The Generations TEST

I’ve done research on the generations in the royal family of England, Britain and Scotland.
It took many days to finish but it is now complete.
Enjoy the test and good luck! Each question is worth .32 points!
I’ve researched that King William I is the first generation while William, Harry and their cousins are 32nd generation.


1. Whom did William the Conqueror marry to begin Generation 1?
a) Matilda of Scotland
b) Matilda of France
c) Matilda of Flanders
d) Matilda of Russia

2. Who is NOT one of their children?
a) Mary
b) William
c) Henry
d) Adela

3. Henry I had two legitimate children and at least 25 illegitimate children. Who was his designated heir?
a) Robert illegitimate
b) William legitimate
c) Emma illegitimate
d) Matilda legitimate

4. What was the nickname given to #3’s heir?
a) London
b) De La English
c) Fitzempress
d) Curtmantle

5. #3 had five sons who was #3’s favorite son?
a) Geoffrey
b) John
c) Henry the Young King
d) Richard

6. #5 had two sons and three daughters but only one succeeded him on the throne. Who was it?
a) Henry III
b) John II
c) Richard
d) Thomas

7. Who went after the Scots by taking the Stone (coronation chair)?
a) Edward I
b) Henry IV
c) Richard II
d) Frederick

8. His son and heir came from his first marriage to Eleanor of Castile. Who was he?
a) Richard II
b) Edward II
c) George II
d) William II

9. Despite being a rumored homosexual he fathered four children. Who was NOT one of them?
a) Joan
b) John
c) William
d) Edward III

10. Edward III had many children but only two of them were far more famous than the other seven?
a) Edward the Black Prince and John of Gaunt
b) Edmund and Lionel
c) Lionel and Edmund
d) John of Gaunt and Edmund

11. Richard II a member of the eleventh generation married twice his second wife was a mere eight years old to his twenty-nine years. What was her name?
a) Georgiana
b) Helen
c) Isabella
d) Joanna

12. John of Gaunt’s grandson John Beaufort was a royal duke of what?
a) Somerset
b) Kendelton
c) Northumberland
d) Windsor

13. He had many illegitimate children but only one legitimate child who married four times but only produced one child from the first marriage. Who is this child?
a) Lady Anne Beaufort
b) Lord John Beaufort
c) Lord Edward Beaufort
d) Lady Margaret Beaufort

14. Henry VII is a famous member of the fourteenth generation. King Henry VI was insane for most of his reign but married and produced only one child a son. What his son?
a) Henry
b) Edward
c) Louis
d) Francis

15. Henry VII and Elizabeth of York had seven children, four of them married but only three of them produced children. What were their names?
a) Henry VIII, Mary, Margaret
b) Mary, Katherine, Edmund
c) Margaret, Isabella, Mary
d) Arthur, Henry VIII, William

16. Queen Mary I, Queen Elizabeth I and King Edward VI had the same father but different mothers. King James V of Scotland and Lady Margaret Douglas had different fathers but the same mother. Who was she?
a) Katherine
b) Margaret
c) Mary
d) Adela

17. Queen Mary of Scotland and Henry Stuart Lord Darnley are related how besides husband and wife?
a) First Cousins
b) Brother and Sister
c) Fourth Cousins
d) Tenth Cousins

18. Who was their only child?
a) Mary II of Scotland
b) Robert of Scotland
c) Henry of Scotland
d) James of Scotland

19. He had several children like King Charles I and Princess Mary but the next generations descended from who?
a) Charles I
b) Mary
c) Elizabeth
d) Edward

20. Queen Mary II of England and Scotland a member of the twenty-first generation married a cousin from the twentieth generation whose mother is Princess Mary daughter of James I. What was his name?
a) William
b) Edward
c) George
d) Andrew

21. The next generation descended from this elector prince?
a) William
b) George
c) Henry
d) Michael

22. King George II and his sister Sophia Dorothea married and produced children their cousin however died young and had no children. Who was he?
(Hint: Queen Anne’s only child to survive infancy)
a) William Duke of Gloucester
b) Edward Duke of Gloucester
c) Henry Duke of Gloucester
d) Louis Duke of Gloucester

23. Which of George II’s sons did his wife take pleasure in never seeing again as she was dying?
a) Frederick
b) George
c) William
d) Andrew

24. Which of his children was “quite mad”?
a) George
b) Edward
c) William
d) Charles

25. The twenty-sixth generation descended from which child of George III?
a) Edward Duke of Kent
b) William IV
c) Frederick Duke of York
d) George IV

26. What was his only child’s name?
a) Anna Maria
b) Sophia Louisa
c) Alexandrina Victoria
d) Elizabeth Charlotte

27. The thirtieth generation descended from two members of the twenty-seventh generation? Who were they?
a) Leopold and Alfred
b) Edward VII and Alice
c) Helena and Victoria
d) Beatrice and Arthur

28. This member of the twenty-eighth generation had four daughters and a son who suffered from the blood disease haemophilia but they all died in 1918.
a) Alice
b) Irene
c) Alexandra
d) Marie

29. There were three kings in 1936. Who were they?
a) George V
b) George VI
c) Edward VIII
d) Edward VII

30. These two members of the thirtieth generation married in 1947. Who were they?
a) George and Victoria
b) Louis and Alice
c) Margaret and Edward
d) Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip

31. All the members of the thirty-first generation had something in common. What was it?
a) Married Cousins
b) Had Two Children Each
c) Divorced and Remarried
d) All of the Above

32. Of the eight members of the thirty-second generation only one has married. Who is this person?
a) William of Wales
b) Eugenie of York
c) James of Wessex
d) Peter Philips




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