Posted by René
on 21/6/2008, 11:54:38, in reply to "Re: Identify the people, titles or years..."
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9. Viktoria of Baden.
12. Sophie of Sweden
--Previous Message--
: Well done!
: Just as I thought, this was far too easy. I
: suppose the somewhat special family
: structure of the grandducal family of Baden
: is easy to recognise. It is not often that a
: marriage takes place between close relatives
: two generations apart - which was what
: happened when Princess Sophia of Sweden
: married her great-uncle, Grand Duke Leopold.
:
: Of course, in their case, the age difference
: between the spouses was not particularly big
: - it was just that the age difference
: between Grand Duke Karl Friedrich's two
: wives, and therefore the age difference
: between his children from his first marriage
: and those from his second marriage was
: considerable. Leopold was thus 9 years
: younger than his niece Friederike/Fredrika
: (the consort of Gustaf IV Adolf of Sweden),
: who became his mother-in-law...
:
: You are not quite finished, though; you have
: mixed up the name of #9 with one of the
: other names in the quiz; #9 is not Sophie,
: but ... ?
:
: Besides, you have skipped #12, so that your
: answers numbered 12 and 13 are really the
: correct answers to 13 and 14.
:
: But of course, now that you have found the
: correct family, finding the two missing
: names is just a piece of cake...
:
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: 1. grand duke Friedrich I of Baden
: 2. Wilhelm I, German Emperor, King of
: Prussia
: 3. 1907
: 4. Queen Carola of Saxony, née princes of
: Wasa (Sweden)
: 5. Karl Friedrich, Margrave of
: Baden-Durlach, Margrave of Baden, Elector of
: Baden, Grand Duke of Baden
: 6. Hereditary prince Karl Ludwig of Baden
: 7. Friederike of Baden
: 8. 1826
: 9. Sophie of Baden
: 10. Queen of Sweden
: 11. Oscar II of Sweden
: 12. Gustav V of Sweden
: 13. Hilda , Princess of Nassau (and
: Luxemburg)
:
: --Previous Message--
: Another kind of quiz this time. This is
: probably way too easy - and once you start
: unravelling the clues, one answer will lead
: on the next...
:
: Find the correct people, titles and years:
:
: I (1) was the head of a sovereign state.
: During my reign, my own father-in-law (2)
: became my “superior”, even though
: technically I remained a sovereign. I died
: in the same year (3) as my first cousin (4),
: who was a Queen. My first predecessor on my
: throne was my grandfather (5) - who,
: curiously, was also my
: great-great-grandfather. His heir (6), who
: was my uncle as well as my
: great-grandfather, died in an accident.
:
: My grandmother (7) was also my first cousin.
: She died the year I was born (8). My
: daughter (9) held the same position (10) as
: her great-grandmother (7 above) had once
: held.
:
: Another person who died in the same year as
: me and my cousin (4 above) was the Head of
: State (11) of my mother’s (12) native
: country. His son (13) was my son-in-law. My
: son-in-law’s first cousin (14) became my
: daughter-in-law.
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