Posted by Bjarne Birkrem (quiz) on 9/5/2008, 8:56:32, in reply to "The link"
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Well done! You found the link. In fact, in all cases there was some other Head of State coming between the father and the son - that is if you count Charles II's reign as starting with the Restoration in 1660 (when he became king de facto) rather than with his father's execution in 1649... (when he became king de jure).
So that means there is only one person left to identify: who is #6? At least now you know that he was a king who was at some point (but not immediately) succeeded by a son by the same name...
--Previous Message--
: I think that the thing they have in common is
: that they all had a son sharing his father's
: name, who sooner or later succeeded them
: (even though sometimes with some other
: King/President in between.)
:
: --Previous Message--
: Another quiz following the old recipe...
: It may be easy to identify some of the
: people involved here - but finding the link
: is (hopefully) somewhat trickier...
:
:
: 1. I was a king who died as the result of a
: horrible accident during the celebration of
: my daughter’s wedding.
:
: 2. I was a king, and unlike previous heirs
: in my family, I had enjoyed a very cordial
: relationship with my father, whom I
: described as “the best of friends”.
:
: 3. I was not a royal, but I was a Head of
: State nevertheless. By some strange
: coincidence, my immediate successor and I
: died on the same day - a day marking an
: important anniversary.
:
: 4. I was king of two countries, but due to
: my wife’s religion I was crowned in only one
: of them.
:
: 5. I was another non-royal Head of State. I
: was careless enough to make a promise to my
: people which I was later unable to keep. I
: am also remembered (and was ridiculed on TV)
: for my dislike for a particular vegetable…
:
: 6. I was a great king. My father was a
: saint, but not a king. At the beginning of
: my reign, I was one of three pretenders to
: the throne, but by the time the ensuing
: civil war was over, I was the only one left.
: The present-day capital of my country was
: founded during my reign - though not by me.
:
: 7. I was a king who crushed a famous
: religious order on what was later to become
: an ill-fated day and date.
:
: 8. I was a king who lost my head after
: losing a war against the representatives of
: my own people.
:
:
: So who are we, and what do we have in
: common?
:
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