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Tudor Bastards Quiz

Claire Ridgway
Miniature of Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, by Lucas Horenbout

Henry Fitzroy

Test your knowledge on the illegitimate children, and alleged illegitimate children, of prominent Tudor people with this fun quiz - good luck!

Tudor Bastards

Q1) Some historians believe that Roland de Veleville was the illegitimate son of which prominent Tudor man?

Henry VII

Henry VIII

Cardinal Wolsey

Stephen Gardiner

Correct! Alison Weir writes of him being the son of Henry VII and "a Breton lady whose name is not known".
Wrong! The answer is Henry VII. Alison Weir writes of him being the son of Henry VII and "a Breton lady whose name is not known".

Q2) In some older history books, it is claimed that the mother of Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, was the illegitimate daughter of....

Edmund Tudor

Edward IV

George, Duke of Clarence

Jasper Tudor

Correct! Modern historians dismiss this claim.
Wrong! It was Jasper Tudor, although modern historians dismiss this claim.

Q3) When an Englishman named Arthur was arrested in Santander in 1588, who did he claim his parents were?

Mary I and Philip II of Spain

Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves

Elizabeth I and Thomas Seymour

Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley

Correct!
Wrong! He claimed that he was the son of Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley.

Q4) Which of the following is claimed by some historians to be an illegitimate child of Henry VIII?

Ethelreda Malte

Henry Carey

John Perrot

Thomas Stukeley

All of the above

Correct!
Wrong! They were all rumoured to have been fathered by Henry VIII.

Q5) Which prominent Tudor cleric was Joan Larke mistress to, providing him with at least two children?

Stephen Gardiner

Thomas Wolsey

Thomas Cranmer

William Warham

Correct!
Wrong! It was Cardinal Wolsey. They had at least two children: Thomas Wynter and Dorothy.

Q6) Henry Fitzroy, illegitimate son of Henry VIII by Elizabeth Blount, married which Tudor noblewoman in 1533?

Margaret Douglas

Mary Shelton

Katherine Willoughby

Mary Howard

Correct! Mary was the daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk.
Wrong! It was Mary Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk.

Q7) Thomas Cromwell is said to have fathered an illegitimate daughter who was born c.1520-25, what was her name?

Elizabeth

Margaret

Anne

Jane

Correct! She married William Hough, son of Richard Hough, of Leighton and Thornton Hough, Cheshire.
Wrong! It was Jane. She married William Hough, son of Richard Hough, of Leighton and Thornton Hough, Cheshire.

Q8) In his book on Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Paul Streitz writes of Oxford being responsible for the works of William Shakespeare, but who does he believe his parents to have been?

Elizabeth I and Thomas Seymour

John de Vere and Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I and Christopher Marlowe

Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley

Correct!
Wrong! He believes him to be the son of Thomas Seymour and Elizabeth I.

Q9) Explorer and cartographer Robert Dudley was the son of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and ......

Lettice Knollys

Elizabeth Throckmorton

Douglas Sheffield

Amy Robsart

Correct! Douglas, who was the daughter of William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, claimed later that she had been secretly married to Leicester.
Wrong! It was lady Douglas Sheffield. Douglas, who was the daughter of William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, claimed later that she had been secretly married to Leicester.

Q10) Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle and Lord Deputy of Calais in the reign of Henry VIII, was the illegitimate son of....

George, Duke of Clarence

Richard III

John de la Pole

Edward IV

Correct!
Wrong! He was the illegitimate son of Edward IV.

Q11) Historian Elizabeth Norton believes that Henry VIII's mistress had two illegitimate children by Henry VIII, one was Henry Fitzroy and the other was....

Elizabeth Tailboys

George Tailboys

Bridget Dymoke

Catherine Clinton

Correct! See http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/was-elizabeth-tailboys-the-daughter-of-henry-viii-guest-post-by-elizabeth-norton/ for more details.
Wrong! The answer is Elizabeth Tailboys. See http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/was-elizabeth-tailboys-the-daughter-of-henry-viii-guest-post-by-elizabeth-norton/

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