European History Quizzes Online & Trivia

The history of Spanish–British relations is very complicated by the political heritage of the two countries. The United Kingdom was originally created by a union of the Kingdom of Scotland and England but was later joined by Ireland. Neither the United Kingdom nor Spain had a unique constitutional ancestor. Also, the Kingdom of Spain was initially created by a union of the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile. There have also some complicated issues by the fact that the United Kingdom and Spain were both imperial powers and are after the same land with the disputed ownership and status of Gibraltar.

Anne Boleyn was Anne of the thousand days, not 100 years.

Lorenzo de Medici

True-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.

England, Spain and Portugal

English Civil War

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

Signed and followed the "Petition of Right"