Posted by René
on 2/8/2009, 1:13:00, in reply to "Re: Some additional clues..."
86.90.228.111
It's also after midnight for me but I will have a go. Thanks to Nellie for the opening.
1. Walburga Countess Douglas née Archduchess of Austria
2. Archduke Karl of Austria (Karl Habsburg)
3. Dr. Otto Habsburg
4. Franziska Thyssen-Bornemisza
5. Fiona Thyssen née Campbell Walker
6. Alexander Onassis
7. Athina Onassis née Livanos
8. Aristoteles Onassis
8a. Jackie Onassis Kennedy née Bouvier
8b. John F. Kennedy 35th Preident of the United States
8c. John jr. Kennedy (JohnJohn)
9. 11th Duke of Marlborough
10. Rosita Duchess of Marlborough née Countess Douglas
11. Elizabeth Duchess in Bavaria née Countess Douglas
12. Max Duke in Bavaria
13. Bavaria
14. Jacobite succesion to England, Schotland and Ireland
15. Prince Joseph Wenzell of Liechtenstein
16. Count Archibald Douglas
--Previous Message--
:
: Sorry, no.
: It's continental Europe where I'm not so
: clued up as for UK.
:
: PS - I was going to say England but can
: never be sure these days what is acceptable
: to all royal boardsters.
:
: PPS - after midnight now so I must withdraw,
: and check in the morning expecting someone
: will have solved it.
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: Well done!
:
: 13 is Bavaria, 14 is, strictly speaking,
: England and Scotland (I guess the Jacobites
: refuse to recognise the concept of the UK,
: or even Great Britain, as the Act of Union
: took place during the reign of the
: "usurper" Queen Anne... ).
:
: But once you have solved this, you should be
: well on your way towards solving the rest.
: As you say, no. 12 is the heir, i.e. the
: next in line, to the former kingdom of
: Bavaria and to the Jacobite claim to the
: English and Scottish thrones. And you know
: who that is, don't you...?
:
:
:
: --Previous Message--
:
: I'm astonished to have got something right
: there !
:
: No 12?
:
: So is 13 Bavaria and 14 the UK?
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: Yes, that is correct. Any idea where?
:
:
: --Previous Message--
:
: What a puzzle.
:
: I think Jacobites are in it somewhere.
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: It may be difficult to find a starting point
: for solving this. I thought I might provide
: a couple of additional clues - hoping that
: they may be of help rather than adding to
: the confusion...
:
: Back to our no. 8: after divorcing his first
: wife (no. 7), he went on to marry the widow
: (8a) of a very famous head of state (8b) who
: had died under circumstances that are still
: a matter of much debate. Incidentally, 8b
: had a son (8c) who would later die in the
: same way as his "step-brother",
: no. 6.
:
: Does this make it any easier to crack this
: quiz open?
:
:
:
: --Previous Message--
: I wanted to have a go at a different kind of
: quiz this time:
:
: Our starting point is a politician (1) with
: a very impressive blue-blooded pedigree.
: This politician has a brother (2) who is now
: formally the head of their house, although
: their father (3) is still alive. This
: brother’s wife (4) is the daughter of a
: woman (5) who once had a rather scandalous
: affair with a man (6) who was a lot younger
: than her. That man, in turn, was the son of
: a woman (7) who, after divorcing her first
: husband (8) went on to marry a nobleman (9)
: from a very well known family with several
: royal connections. They were later divorced,
: but the nobleman then went on to marry
: another woman (10) - whom he also later
: divorced. Number 10 has a sister (11) whose
: husband (12) is the heir to the throne of a
: defunct kingdom (13), and who is also, in
: the view of some people, the true heir to
: another, still existing throne (14) which is
: today in reality occupied by an entirely
: different family. 11 and 12, by the way,
: have a grandson (15) who will one day be a
: reigning sovereign.
: And then we get to the point where our story
: turns full circle: the two sisters, 10 and
: 11, have a first cousin (16) who is married
: to none other than number 1.
:
: So your task is to identify the people and
: places in this quiz...
:
:
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