Posted by Bjarne Birkrem
on 26/5/2008, 0:01:05, in reply to "The Link"
85.252.65.52
Bingo! You are absolutely right! Of course, a lot of monarchs and consorts have died abroad because they have been forced into exile, but the 10 people in this quiz were still either reigning or consorts when they died abroad.
--Previous Message--
: Is it that they all died outside of the
: country in which they reigned either as
: monarch or consort?
:
: --Previous Message--
: Brilliant, Damian! You found the two
: remaining
: people - #4 is Friedrich Franz III of
: Mcklenburg-Schwerin, and #9 is James IV of
: Scotland.
:
: Now all that remains to be found is the
: link...
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: No.4 Friedrich Franz III of
: Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
:
: --Previous Message--
: --Previous Message--
: The first king to reign over both countries
: when the union was formed was the
: great-grandson of #9. But he would not have
: been in line for the throne of the second
: kingdom (the one that was not his native
: country) if it hadn't been for his
: great-grandfather's marriage.
:
: James IV of Scotland (he married Margaret
: Tudor,elder daughter of Henry VII of England
: and their great-grandson James VI of
: Scotland later inherited the kingdom of
: England as a result of this).
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
Message Thread
« Back to index