Posted by Bjarne Birkrem
on 15/5/2008, 23:17:58, in reply to "Whoops!"
85.252.65.52
... I must confess that I was slightly misled by the clue for #10: "I was an Empress. I managed to make my husband Emperor as well." I assumed that we were looking for someone who was already an Empress before she managed to procure the rank for her husband. Although Maria Theresia was certainly Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Queen of Bohemia in her own right from the death of her father in 1740 (though her claim to the Bohemian throne was challenged at first by Karl Albrecht of Bavaria / Emperor Karl VII), her title of Empress came precisely from the fact that she managed to get her husband elected as Holy Roman Emperor in 1745. Prior to his election she was a reigning Queen, but not an Empress (so her title of Empress was really "only" that of an Empress Consort). 
Sorry, I'll stop now.
Great quiz, Robert, as always!! 
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: Now, how about #5 and the link?
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: I haven't managed to find #5 yet, but I
: think I've found the lonk: they all had
: fathers called Charles/Karl/Carlos etc. :
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: 1. James II/VII, son of Charles I
: 2. Olav V, son of Prince Carl of Denmark
: (who became Haakon VII)
: 3. Louis XIX, son of Charles X
: 4. Luiz, son of Carlos I
: 5. ???
: 6. Louise, daughter of Carl XV/IV
: 7. Mihai I, son of Carol II
: 8. Queen Astrid, daughter of Prince Carl of
: Sweden
: 9. Albert I, son of Charles III
: 10. Maria Theresia, daughter of Karl VI
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: Now I just have to figure out who #5 is. At
: least I know his father's first name...
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