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Nicknames of Monarchs Quiz
Nicknames
- The Lionheart
- Farmer George
- Lackland
- The Sailor King
- The Grandmother of Europe
- King of the Sea
- The Uncle of Europe
- Gloriana
- The Unready
- The Merry Monarch
- Longshanks
- Brandy Nan
- The Wisest Fool in Christendom
- Bolingbroke
- The Bastard
- Crookback
- Rufus
- The Nine Days Queen
- Curtmantle
- Old Coppernose
- The Boy King, also The Pious
- The Accountant, also The Huckster King
Answers:
- Richard I – The Lionheart
- George III – Farmer George
- John – Lackland (means without land)
- William IV – The Sailor King
- Queen Victoria - The Grandmother of Europe
- Edward III - King of the Sea
- Edward VII - The Uncle of Europe
- Elizabeth I - Gloriana
- Ethelred - The Unready
- Charles II – The Merry Monarch
- Edward I – Longshanks (long legs)
- Queen Anne - Brandy Nan
- James I – The Wisest Fool in Christendom
- Henry IV – Bolingbroke (Henry was born in Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire)
- William I – The Bastard (he was also known as The Conqueror)
- Richard III – Crookback
- William II – Rufus (the red)
- Lady Jane Grey – The Nine Days Queen.
- Henry II - Curtmantle (means, Short cloak)
- Henry VIII - Old Coppernose (after he issued cheap currency)
- Edward VI - The Boy King, or the Pious
- Henry VII - The Accountant, or The Huckster King