The Tudor Society

Tudor Nobles and Titles Quiz

Claire Ridgway

Following on from this week's Claire Chats talk on Tudor society, its hierarchy, the different classes, and the nobility in Tudor times, I thought I'd get your little grey cells working with a fun quiz on the topic. Good luck!

Tudor Nobles and Titles

Q1) This title was the highest rank in the nobility.

Duke

Viscount

Earl

Marquess

Correct!
Wrong! It's duke.

Q2) This duke was the premier duke in the peerage.

Buckingham

Somerset

Bedford

Norfolk

Correct!
Wrong! It's the Duke of Norfolk.

Q3) Thomas Cromwell was granted this earldom just a few months before he was executed in 1540.

Arundel

Cumberland

Essex

Wiltshire

Correct!
Wrong! It's Essex.

Q4) Anne Boleyn was given a peerage in 1532 to make her a fitting queen-in-waiting for the visit to Calais to meet Francis I. What title was she given?

Countess

Marquess

Baroness

Duchess

Correct, and in her own right. She was made Marquess of Pembroke.
Wrong! She was made Marquess of Pembroke.

Q5) Prince Henry (the future Henry VIII) was given this title in 1494.

Prince of Wales

Duke of Richmond

Earl of Pembroke

Duke of York

Correct!
Wrong! It's Duke of York.

Q6) Henry Fitzroy, Henry VIII's illegitimate son, was given a double dukedom - Duke of Richmond and ......

Somerset

Sussex

Surrey

Suffolk

Correct!
Wrong! It's Somerset

Q7) Which is higher in rank - viscount or baron?

Baron

Viscount

Correct!
Wrong! It's Viscount.

Q8) Margaret Pole held this title in her own right.

Duchess of Suffolk

Countess of Devon

Countess of Salisbury

Countess of Exeter

Correct!
Wrong! It's Countess of Salisbury.

Q9) John Dudley and Ambrose Dudley both held this title.

Duke of Northumberland

Viscount Lisle

Earl of Essex

Earl of Warwick

Correct!
Wrong! It's Earl of Warwick.

Q10) True or false: Robert Dudley was made Earl of Leicester in 1564 and his nephew also later held the title?

True

False

Correct! Robert Sidney, Dudley's nephew, was made Earl of Leicester in 1618.
It's true! Robert Sidney, Dudley's nephew, was made Earl of Leicester in 1618.

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