The Tudor Society

Whose mother?

Claire Ridgway
A portrait of Lady Margaret Beaufort

As today is Mothering Sunday in some countries I thought it was appropriate to have a "whose mother" quiz. I hope you enjoy it!

Whose mother?

Q1) Whose mother was Lady Margaret Beaufort?

Henry VII

Henry VI

Henry VIII

Henry V

Correct!
Wrong! She was the mother of Henry VII.

Q2) Catherine of Valois was the mother of .....

Edmund Tudor

Jasper Tudor

Owen Tudor

Henry VI

All of the above

Correct! Henry VI was her son by Henry V and Edmund, Jasper and Owen Tudor were her sons by Owen Tudor.
Wrong! She was the mother of all of them.

Q3) Who was the mother of Richard III?

Margaret of York

Cecily Neville

Elizabeth of York

Anne Beauchamp

Correct!
Wrong! It was Cecily Neville.

Q4) Who was the mother of the Princes in the Tower?

Elizabeth of York

Anne Neville

Margaret of Anjou

Elizabeth Woodville

Correct! She was the queen consort of Edward IV.
Wrong! It was Elizabeth Woodville, queen consort of Edward IV.

Q5) Henry VIII had one acknowledged illegitimate child, Henry Fitzroy, but who was his mother?

Elizabeth Blount

Mary Boleyn

Joanna Dingley

Margaret Shelton

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

Q6) Who was the mother of Henry, Duke of Cornwall, born in 1511?

Margaret Pole

Catherine of Aragon

Elizabeth Boleyn

Honor, Lady Lisle

Correct!
Wrong! It was Catherine of Aragon

Q7) Who was the mother of Edward Seymour, Lord Protector in Edward VI's reign?

Jane Guildford

Elizabeth Grey

Margery Wentworth

Mildred Cooke

Correct! Her children also included Queen Jane Seymour and Thomas Seymour, Baron Sudeley.
Wrong! It was Margery Wentworth. Her children also included Queen Jane Seymour and Thomas Seymour, Baron Sudeley.

Q8) Elizabeth Grey, 6th Baroness Lisle's children included:

John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland

Thomas Wriothesley

Robert Dudley

Robert Devereux

Correct! He was one of her sons by her first husband Edmund Dudley.
Wrong! It was John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland.

Q9) Which of these women had Catherine Carey, daughter of Mary Boleyn, as her mother?

Elizabeth Throckmorton

Katherine Carey, Countess of Nottingham

Penelope Devereux

Lettice Knollys

Correct!
Wrong! It was Lettice Knollys.

Q10) Jane Heckington's famous son was .....

Sir Francis Drake

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

Sir Walter Ralegh

Thomas Cromwell

Correct!
Wrong! It was William Cecil, Baron Burghley.

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