Posted by Bjarne Birkrem
on 2/8/2009, 20:50:21, in reply to "Re: Some additional clues..."
195.204.57.140
You found them all! And I had hoped that this would be at least a tiny bit difficult... 
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: It's also after midnight for me but I will
: have a go. Thanks to Nellie for the opening.
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: 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
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: 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.
:
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: --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...?
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: I'm astonished to have got something right
: there !
:
: No 12?
:
: So is 13 Bavaria and 14 the UK?
:
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: --Previous Message--
: Yes, that is correct. Any idea where?
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: --Previous Message--
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: What a puzzle.
:
: I think Jacobites are in it somewhere.
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: --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?
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: --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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