Can you name the Shortest Reigning English Monarchs? by black_licorice

Can you name the Shortest Reigning English Monarchs?

created by black_licorice

Enter a monarch in the box below
Correctly named monarchs will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Source: British Royal Family History
PLEASE NOTE: Includes crowned monarchs ONLY (not those only proclaimed). A tough quiz--the eleventh century was deadly!
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Length of Reign	Monarch	Century/Centuries Lived
7 months, 7 days		11th
9 months, 8 days		11th
2 years, 1 month, 27 days		15th
2 years, 2 months, 21 days		11th
2 years, 8 months, 10 days		10th
3 years, 10 months, 3 days		17th
3 years, 10 months, 7 days		10th
4 years, 4 months, 4 days		11th
5 years, 3 months, 29 days		16th
5 years, 6 months, 28 days		10th

Length of Reign	Monarch	Century/Centuries Lived
6 years, 5 months, 7 days		16th
6 years, 11 months, 24 days		19th
9 years, 3 months, 12 days		20th
9 years, 5 months, 11 days		15th
9 years, 5 months, 28 days		10th
9 years, 8 months, 30 days		12th
10 years, 4 months, 26 days		19th
12 years, 4 months, 24 days		18th
12 years, 10 months, 9 days		18th
12 years, 10 months, 22 days		11th
10 months, 21 days	11th
2 months, 17 days	11th
9 days	11th

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Shortest Reigning English Monarchs Quiz

by black_licorice

Created Mar 10, 2010 in History
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	Yodageddon:	Mar 10th, 2010 at 21:17 GMT	-2 points
	Lady Jane Grey?

	Teary_Ennui:	Mar 10th, 2010 at 21:18 GMT	-4 points
	you missed jane grey you massive clown!

	black_licorice:	Mar 10th, 2010 at 21:23 GMT	4 points
	Lady Jane Grey was never crowned as Queen of England, just proclaimed to be so; as I said above, I'm only including those crowned as monarchs.

	black_licorice:	Mar 10th, 2010 at 21:31 GMT	3 points
	This is also, for the record, why neither Edward V (who was usurped by his uncle, Richard III, before he was officially crowned) nor Matilda (who was never crowned, though she fought Stephen for the throne for years) is on the list. Mostly, I did this to avoid the question of pretenders, which complicates the dating of reigns enormously.

	Probus:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 09:05 GMT	5 points
	If you are using coronation as the criterion then Edward VIII shouldn't be included either!

	Yodageddon:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 10:08 GMT	3 points
	Usually Jane Grey and Edward V are accepted as monarchs, while Matilda and Prince Louis aren't.

	AdamBishop:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 11:21 GMT	1 point
	You need more alternate answers for Hardecanute.

	black_licorice:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 11:53 GMT	1 point
	@Probus: you're absolutely right (not sure why the website included him---or why I didn't catch it!); I've fixed it. @Yodageddon: I've compromised by adding the non-crowned but usually accepted monarchs as extra clues--that way, people are recognized for guessing them, but I can still keep the criteria which excludes most pretenders. @AdamBishop: I have a bunch (you can spell it with a K and with or without an E), but I'll add the one you suggest here.

	Yodageddon:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 16:53 GMT	0 points
	Great, I just raised my rating of this quiz from 3 lightbulbs to 4. I'm really stingy with 5s. I don't think I've ever given one, and probably never will.

	johnlk:	Mar 11th, 2010 at 21:05 GMT	2 points
	I don't understand why uncrowned monarchs should be bonuses. Edward VIII was certainly just as much monarch as his father and brother. Coronation is just a formality without any real meaning. What if someone reigned for twenty years without being crowned? Would that make them not a "real" king. It's reasonable to say that Jane (especially) and Edward V (to a lesser extent) were never "really" monarch, but ridiculous to say the same for Edward VIII.

	black_licorice:	Mar 12th, 2010 at 13:11 GMT	1 point
	@johnik: I absolutely agree with your point in terms of understanding history. However, for the game I really had to make a clear call in order to remove any subjectivity and make an objective quiz--but, because I think you're right in terms of historical understanding, I've included them as bonuses.

	cocky:	Mar 21st, 2010 at 15:01 GMT	2 points
	So if you want your son to be a long serving king, don't name him Edward.

	Pierce123:	Jan 11th, 2011 at 15:37 GMT	2 points
	You don't have to be crowned to be a monarch. You ascend the throne upon the death of the previous monarch!

	carbon_rod:	Jun 4th, 2011 at 01:17 GMT	1 point
	Accept Harthacanute for Harthacnut, and Eadred for Edred. Also, Sweyn Forkbeard was briefly king in 1013-14, by right of conquest. Finally, if you want to insist on only crowned monarchs, you could add Henry the Young King, officially crowned by his father Henry II in 1170, died in 1183 (slightly longer "reign" than William II).

	thetradge:	Aug 20th, 2011 at 21:16 GMT	1 point
	You should accept "Eadred" for Edred, both spellings are acceptable

	thetradge:	Aug 20th, 2011 at 21:19 GMT	1 point
	Also "Harold Godwinson" for Harold II