Can You Pass The History Of Europe Quiz?

King Henry VIII of England, one of the notorious monarchs in Europe, took six wives during his lifetime. He first married Infanta Catherine of Aragon, the mother of Queen Mary I of England. When Catherine failed to produce a male heir, he promptly divorced her and married Anne Boleyn, the mother of Queen Elizabeth I. She was beheaded due to misconduct. The King then married Jane Seymour and bore him a son, Edward VI. Seymour died several days after giving birth, the King married a German Princess, Anne of Cleves, and seek a divorce five months later. He took Catherine Howard, a first cousin to Anne Boleyn, as his fifth wife, three years later she was beheaded too. His last wife until his death was Catherine Parr.

Highgrove Estate located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England is the private home of Prince Charles he bought in 1980 prior to his marriage to Lady Diana Spencer.

Neuschwanstein Castle is the world's most amazing fairytale castle located in the rugged hills of Bavarian region in Germany. It is the former home of King Ludwig II of Bavaria.

Princess Ingrid is the eldest child of Prince Haakon of Norway. As a woman, under the former law of succession, she could not inherit the throne before her brother. But the change of the Norwegian constitution in 1991 to a lineal succession, made Ingrid the heir-to-the-throne after her father and ahead of her younger brother, Prince Magnus.

The royal house of Bernadotte rules Sweden. Its current head, King Carl XVI Gustav, had been on the throne since 1975.

Princess Michael of Kent is a German aristocrat. She is Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnetz in real life. She married the Queen's first cousin, Prince Michael of Kent in 1978 and together have two children: Lord Frederick Windsor and Lady Gabriella Windsor.

Norman Hartnell designed the fabulous gown of Queen Elizabeth II.

The 8th Earl Spencer was a direct descendant of King Charles II. The Earl's two parents, Lord Albert Spencer and Lady Cynthia Hamilton were directly descended from King Charles II's two sons, the Duke of Grafton and the Duke of Richmond.

King Juan Carlos of Spain is the grandson of Queen Eugenie, the daughter of Princess Beatrice who married Prince Henry of Battenberg.

Prince William's real name is William Arthur Philip Louis. Her mother, the late Princess of Wales, chose the name William as the Prince's first name, his second name Arthur is Prince Charles's own choice. William is in honor of William the Conqueror, Arthur is for a legendary British King, Arthur. Philip is in honor of Prince Charles's father, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and Louis, for Philip's maternal uncle, Lord Louis Mountbatten, who was especially close to Prince Charles.

A Royal Warrant is a term used in some European Kingdoms granting a special privilege to a specific product brand for royal patronage.

All these monarchs suffered maladies and insanity during their respective reigns, but one King, Charles VI of France went too far by thinking he was made of a spur glass, so he instructed his staff to make him a dress implanted by steel inside so as not to break him.

Princess Martha of Sweden married Prince Olaf of Norway, the only child of Queen Maud and King Haakon VII. When Queen Maud died from a brain tumor, Martha assumed the responsibilities left by her mother-in-law because Haakon VII did not remarry. But the Princess did not actually become a Queen Consort because she died also from brain cancer several years before her husband ascended the Norwegian throne as King Olaf V.

The official title of Prince Philippe, the successor of King Albert II of Belgium, is Duke of Brabant. This title is traditionally given to the heir apparent to the Belgian throne. The Duke of Brabant holds a position of high importance and is next in line to become the king of Belgium.

King Michael II is the son of King Carol of Romania and Princess Helena of Greece, a paternal aunt of Prince Philip. Michael II attended the royal wedding of Prince Philip and then Princess Elizabeth in 1947 within his return to Romania, the communist army forced him to abdicate.