Monarchs of England - Statistics

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Answer Stats
House Reign Epithet Clue Answer % Correct
Tudor 1558–1603 "The Virgin Queen", "Gloriana", "Good Queen Bess" Defeated the Spanish Armada Elizabeth I
88%
Tudor 1509–1547 The first "Defender of the Faith" Had six wives; initiated the English Reformation Henry VIII
88%
Tudor 1553–1558 "Bloody" Co-ruled with her husband Mary I
88%
Stuart 1625–1649 Overthrown during the English Civil War Charles I
84%
Stuart 1660–1685 "The Merry Monarch" Became king after the Restoration of the monarchy Charles II
84%
Tudor 1485–1509 Won the Battle of Bosworth Field and thus the War of the Roses Henry VII
84%
Stuart 1603–1625 Also King of the Scots James I
84%
Normandy 1066–1087 "the Bastard", "the Conqueror" Won the Battle of Hastings William I
84%
Wessex 871–899 "the Great" King of Wessex Alfred the Great
82%
Stuart 1702–1707 Queen of Great Britain and Ireland 1707–1714 Anne
82%
Tudor 1547–1553 Died at 15 Edward VI
82%
Anjou 1199–1216 Lackland A villain to Robin Hood John
82%
Anjou 1189–1199 "the Lionheart", "Oc e No" ("Yes and No") Fought in the Third Crusade Richard I
82%
Orange-Nassau 1689–1702 of Orange, "King Billy" Co-ruled with his wife William III
82%
Lancaster 1399–1413 Bolingbroke or of Bolingbroke Henry IV
80%
Lancaster 1413–1422 "The Star of England" Won the Battle of Agincourt Henry V
80%
Stuart 1689–1694 Co-ruled with her husband Mary II
80%
York 1483–1485 Portrayed in Shakespeare's play as a hunchback; lost the Battle of Bosworth Field Richard III
80%
Normandy 1087–1100 Rufus or "the Red" William II
80%
Plantagenet 1272–1307 Longshanks, "The Hammer of the Scots" Conquered Wales Edward I
78%
Plantagenet 1307–1327 of Caernarfon Edward II
78%
Plantagenet 1327–1377 Won the Battle of Crécy Edward III
78%
York 1461–1470, 1471–1483 Edward IV
78%
Lancaster 1422–1461, 1470–1471 The War of the Roses began during his reign. Henry VI
78%
Stuart 1685–1688 The last Catholic monarch of England; deposed during the Glorious Revolution James II
78%
Plantagenet 1377–1399 of Bordeaux Richard II
78%
York 1483 One of the "Princes in the Tower" Edward V
76%
Wessex 978–1013, 1014–1016 "the Unready" Reign interrupted by next monarch Æthelred the Unready
71%
Plantagenet 1216–1272 of Winchester Henry III
71%
Wessex 1066 Godwinson Won the Battle of Stamford Bridge and lost the Battle of Hastings Harold Godwinson
69%
Normandy 1100–1135 Beauclerc Henry I
69%
Anjou 1154–1189 FitzEmpress, Curtmantle Co-ruled with his son Henry II
69%
Blois 1135–1154 of Blois Fought against Empress Matilda in the Anarchy Stephen
69%
Habsburg 1554–1558 "the Prudent" Co-ruled with his wife; also King of Naples, Sicily and Spain Philip
63%
Wessex 1042–1066 "the Confessor" A confessor and saint Edward the Confessor
57%
Denmark 1016–1035 "the Great" Also King of Denmark and Norway Cnut
55%
Denmark 1035–1040 Harefoot Also King of Denmark and Norway Harold Harefoot
53%
Denmark 1013–1014 Forkbeard Also King of Denmark and Norway Sweyn Forkbeard
45%
Wessex 899–924 "the Elder" Edward the Elder
43%
Wessex 1016 Ironside Edmund II
39%
Wessex 1066 "the Ætheling" Never crowned Edgar the Ætheling
37%
Wessex 959–975 "the Peaceful" or "the Peaceable" Edgar the Peaceful
37%
Wessex 939–946 "the Elder", "the Deed-doer", "the Just", "the Magnificent" Edmund I
37%
Wessex 975–978 "the Martyr" Considered a martyr and saint Edward the Martyr
37%
Anjou 1170–1183 "the Young King" Co-ruled with his father as Junior King (unnumbered) Henry the Young King
37%
Wessex 924–939 The first "King of the English" in 927 Æthelstan
35%
Denmark 1040–1042 Also King of Denmark Harthacnut
35%
Wessex 955–959 All-Fair or "the Fair" Eadwig
29%
Wessex 946–955 Eadred
27%
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