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Henry The Second
Clue 1: Developed common law and due process
Clue 2: Fought with Thomas à Becket over submission to the Pope
Henry The Second
Clue 1: Invaded England, forcing Stephen of Blois to acknowledge him as his heir.
Clue 2: His Queen Eleanor and her four sons conspired with Philip II against him
Richard The Lion-Hearted
Clue 1: Fought Philip II in Normandy
Clue 2: Died while defending possessions in Aquitaine
Richard The Lion-Hearted
Clue 1: House of Plantagenet
Clue 2: Third son of Henry II
Richard The Lion-Hearted
Clue 1: Ransomed handsomely by Leopold V, Duke of Austria
Clue 2: Went on the Third Crusade to Jerusalem
Alfred The Great
Clue 1: Saxon House, King of Wessex
Clue 2: Expelled Danes from London in 886
Alfred The Great
Clue 1: Conquered most of the Danelaw territory
Clue 2: Encouraged bishops to foster literacy
Alfred The Great
Clue 1: Translated works of Boethius, Augustine, and Venerable Bede into Anglo-Saxon
Clue 2: Kept England from the worst of the Dark Ages
William The Conqueror
Clue 1: Invaded England in 1066
Clue 2: Promised succession to the English throne by Edward the Confessor
William The Conqueror
Clue 1: Authorized the 1086 Domesday Book
Clue 2: Replaced Anglo-Saxon nobles and clergy with Normans
John Lackland
Clue 1: Excommunicated by the Pope for refusing Stephen Langton as Archbishop
Clue 2: Defeated by French King Philip II at Bouvines in 1214
John Lackland
Clue 1: Forced to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215, marked the rise of the British constitution.
Clue 2: Tried to seize the crown from his brother Richard but was forgiven and made as legitimate successor anyway.
Richard The Third
Clue 1: Became regent to his nephew Edward V, suspected of having him murdered in 1483
Clue 2: His death marked the end of the Wars of the Roses and the beginning of Henry Tudor/The Eight’s reign
Henry The Eight
Clue 1: Only Jane Seymour bore him a son, sickly Edward VI
Clue 2: Brought England into the Renaissance and Reformation
Henry The Eight
Clue 1: Executed ministers who crossed him, including Thomas Cromwell and Thomas More
Clue 2: Married six times
Henry The Eight
Clue 1: Patronized Erasmus, Hans Holbein the Younger, and Thomas More
Clue 2: Originally supported the Catholic Church, named “Defender of the Faith”
Henry The Eight
Clue 1: Patronized Erasmus, Hans Holbein the Younger, and Thomas More
Clue 2: Originally supported the Catholic Church, named “Defender of the Faith”
Elizabeth The First
Clue 1: House of Tudor, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
Clue 2: Known as the “Virgin Queen” because she never married
Elizabeth The First
Clue 1: Considered illegitimate by the Catholic Church
Clue 2: Succeeded her Catholic sister Mary I
Elizabeth The First
Clue 1: Declared England a Protestant state
Clue 2: Named herself “Governor” of the Church of England
James The First
Clue 1: House of Stuart
Clue 2: Succeeded his mother Mary as King of Scotland at age one
James The First
Clue 1: Claimed the English throne as the great-great-grandson of Henry VII
Clue 2: Became king upon the death of Elizabeth I in 1603
James The First
Clue 1: Target of Guy Fawkes’ failed Gunpowder Plot in 1605
Clue 2: Believed in absolutism, dissolved Parliament from 1611 to 1621
Elizabeth The First
Clue 1: Favored ministers Robert Cecil and the Duke of Buckingham
Clue 2: Oversaw English expansion into North America
Elizabeth The First
Clue 1: Issued royal charter in Virginia
Clue 2: Saw Puritan protest in Massachusetts
Charles The First
Clue 1: House of Stuart, son of James I
Clue 2: Became king in 1625 after James I's death
Charles The First
Clue 1: Signed the Petition of Right in 1628 after conflict with Parliament
Clue 2: Ruled without Parliament from 1629 to 1640 (Personal Rule)
Charles The First
Clue 1: Imposed English church forms on Presbyterian Scotland
Clue 2: Resulted in the Bishops' Wars (1639–1640)
Charles The First
Clue 1: Called the Short Parliament in spring 1640 and Long Parliament in fall 1640
Clue 2: Bickered over the fate of the Advisor Earl of Strafford, the Irish Rebellion and Anglican reforms of the English church
Charles The First
Clue 1: Tried to arrest five opponents in the House of Commons in January 1642
Clue 2: Led to civil war in August 1642, fled to Oxford
Charles The First
Clue 1: Became a prisoner of Parliament in January 1647 after his armies were defeated
Clue 2: Tried for treason by a "High Court of Justice" and executed on January 30, 1649
Charles The Second
Clue 1: Restored to the English throne through the Declaration of Breda
Clue 2: Fought two lackluster wars against the Dutch
Charles The Second
Clue 1: Succeeded Oliver Cromwell
Clue 2: Crowned King of Scotland in 1651
Charles The Second
Clue 1: Needed protection from Louis XIV via the Treaty of Dover
Clue 2: Married Catherine of Braganza, no legitimate heirs
Charles The Second
Clue 1: Known as the "Merry Monarch" with up to 14 illegitimate children
Clue 2: Tolerant of Catholics, dissolved Parliament in 1681
Charles The Second
Clue 1: Refused to prevent his Protestant brother James from succeeding him
Clue 2: Dissolved Parliament over his Catholic tolerance and their staunch Protestantism.
James The Second
Clue 1: Succeeded Charles II
Clue 2: Faced the fabricated 1678 Popish Plot by Titus Oates
James The Second
Clue 1: Favored Catholics heavily during his reign
Clue 2: Deposed in the Glorious Revolution
James The Second
Clue 1: Exiled to Louis XIV’s court
Clue 2: Attempted to regain his crown in 1690, routed at the Battle of the Boyne
