Monarchs who ruled as children
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Monarchs Who Ruled as Children — Daily trivia Tuesday, June 16, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Which Tudor king of England came to the throne at age nine, when Henry VIII died?
- ARichard II
- BHenry III
- CEdward VI
- DEdward V
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Edward VI
Edward VI died at fifteen, and on his deathbed he tried to pass the crown to his cousin Lady Jane Grey instead of his half-sisters.
Q 02Which palace did Louis XIV, king from age four, make the seat of his court?
- AVersailles
- BChambord
- CChenonceau
- DSchönbrunn
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Versailles
Louis XIV moved his court to Versailles in 1682, partly because the Fronde revolts of his childhood had left him feeling threatened in his capital.
Q 03Which name was Tutankhamun given at birth, before becoming pharaoh at around eight or nine?
- AAmenhotep
- BTutankhaten
- CSmenkhkare
- DThutmose
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Tutankhaten
He was born Tutankhaten, 'living image of Aten', and swapped the ending for Amun as his court dismantled Akhenaten's sun-disc cult and restored the old gods.
Q 04Where did Charles II have bones presumed to be the Princes in the Tower placed in an urn?
- ASt Paul's Cathedral
- BCanterbury Cathedral
- CSt George's Chapel, Windsor
- DWestminster Abbey
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Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey holds the urn, but the bones inside have never been proven to be twelve-year-old Edward V and his younger brother Richard.
Q 05Which war did England wage to force the infant Mary, Queen of Scots, to marry Henry VIII's son?
- AThe Bishops' Wars
- BThe Wars of the Roses
- CThe Jacobite Rising
- DThe Rough Wooing
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The Rough Wooing
The Rough Wooing followed Scotland's rejection of the marriage treaty; after defeat at Pinkie, Mary, queen since she was six days old, was taken to France for safety.
Q 06Which southern African kingdom did Sobhuza II rule, having become its king at just four months old?
- ALesotho
- BBuganda
- CSwaziland
- DZulu Kingdom
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Swaziland
Sobhuza II became king of Swaziland when his father died, reigned until his own death in 1982, and married 70 wives along the way.
Q 07Who ruled Spain as regent for Alfonso XIII, king from the moment he was born?
- AHis mother
- BHis uncle
- CHis older sister
- DHis grandmother
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His mother
His mother, Maria Christina of Austria, ruled as regent until Alfonso XIII turned sixteen; he reigned until 1931, when he left Spain as the Second Republic was proclaimed.
Q 08Which law was later cited for barring women from France's throne, a rule first applied when baby King John I died?
- AEdict of Nantes
- BSalic law
- CNapoleonic Code
- DPragmatic Sanction
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Salic law
Salic law went unmentioned in 1316; a monk first cited it for the crown in 1358, against Charles II of Navarre, whose mother Joan had been passed over.
Q 09What did Puyi, China's last emperor, publish after prison and a stint working as a gardener?
- AAn autobiography
- BA gardening manual
- CA novel
- DA cookbook
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An autobiography
Puyi's autobiography came out after his 1959 amnesty, and in 1964 he was made a member of China's political consultative conference; he died in 1967.
Q 10Who is the youngest person ever to succeed to the English throne, at eight months old?
- AHenry III
- BHenry VI
- CRichard II
- DEdward III
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Henry VI
Henry VI also became king of France when his grandfather Charles VI died weeks later; after losing France and then his throne, he died in the Tower of London in 1471.
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