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Royal Mistresses and Lovers Quiz

Claire Ridgway

How much do you know about those linked romantically to the monarchs of the Plantagenet, Tudor and Stuart dynasties? Test your knowledge with this fun quiz.

Royal mistresses and lovers

Q1) Who was the mother of Edward IV's illegitimate son, Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle?

Eleanor Butler

Elizabeth Lucy

Alice Perrers

Rosamund Clifford

Correct! She may also have had a daughter, Elizabeth, by the king.
Wrong! It was Elizabeth Lucy. She may also have had a daughter, Elizabeth, by the king.

Q2) Which monarch have the women Alice Burgh, Anne Harrington and Katherine Haute been linked to ?

Henry VII

Henry VIII

Henry V

Richard III

Correct! They have all been put forward as candidates for being the mother of Richard III's illegitimate children.
Wrong! They have all been put forward as candidates for being the mother of Richard III's illegitimate children.

Q3) Who was the "mother" Henry VIII was referring to when he said to Sir George Throckmorton "Never with the mother" , meaning that he had not slept with that woman?

Elizabeth Amadas

Jocasta Culpeper

Elizabeth Boleyn

Honor, Lady Lisle

Correct! Throckmorton had said to the king that the king's conscience would be troubled if he married Anne Boleyn "for it is thought ye have meddled both with the mother and the sister."
Wrong! It was Elizabeth Boleyn (Howard). Throckmorton had said to the king that the king's conscience would be troubled if he married Anne Boleyn "for it is thought ye have meddled both with the mother and the sister."

Q4) Who was the mother of Henry VIII's only acknowledged illegitimate son?

Mary Boleyn

Jane Pollard

Madge Shelton

Elizabeth Blount

Correct!
Wrong! It was Elizabeth (Bessie) Blount.

Q5) Which monarch has Esmé Stewart been linked romantically to?

James I

Henry VIII

Edward IV

Henry VII

Correct!
Wrong! He was linked to James I.

Q6) Ethelreda Malte is believed by some to have been an illegitimate daughter of Henry VIII, what occupation was her mother said to have?

Silkwoman

Midwife

Laundress

Apothecary

Correct! Her mother is said to be have been Joan or Joanne Dingley.
Wrong! She was said to be a royal laundress called Joan or Joanne Dingley.

Q7) A man called Arthur turned up in Spain in the Tudor era claiming to have been the son of which two prominent Tudor people?

Henry VIII and Mary Boleyn

Elizabeth I and Thomas Seymour

Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley

Elizabeth I and Christopher Hatton

Correct!
Wrong! He claimed to be the son of Robert Dudley and Elizabeth I.

Q8) Jane Popincourt has been linked romantically to which monarch?

Edward IV

Henry VIII

Henry VII

James I

Correct!
Wrong! It's Henry VIII.

Q9) Which of Henry VIII's mistresses married William Carey?

Mary Boleyn

Elizabeth Blount

Madge Shelton

Jane Popincourt

Correct!
Wrong! It was Mary Boleyn.

Q10) According to one theory publicised by author Paul Streitz, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was the result of Elizabeth I's relationship with ....

Robert Dudley

Robert Devereux

Walter Ralegh

Thomas Seymour

Correct!
Wrong! It was Thomas Seymour.

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