wiki-illiam #104: q6

[dubdobdee]

Q6: Who:
i: was Foolish?
ii: was Rodrigo de Borja y Borja?
iii: invested Henry Sinclair as Earl of Orkney?
iv: had a half-sister sired by his father's physician?
v: founded a Siamese school, which was later named in his honour?
vi: was born on the 34th annversary of the death of his great grandfather and the 17th of that of his great aunt?
vii: was the offspring of parents sharing the same grandmother?
viii: was the 36th and last in a line started in 1299?
ix: was blinded by his mother Irene?
x: was tripartite?

the rules as they have evolved:
a: nice full answers and anecdotes if poss
b: say if googled or no; leave time for non-googlers to play
c: obviously look ahead at future questions if you want
d: don't bring in confirming or dissenting answers from other fora until next set is up and running

spoilers: er er i think emperor constantine's mum was called irene and bullied him, and "all gaul is divided into three part -- all? no!" but i'm not sure either of these is right -- i feel the answers are mostly royal

Comments

[anatol-merklich.livejournal.com]

Hint: which question is this?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

I get it! Because our Siamese king is Rama V :)

[anatol-merklich.livejournal.com]

No, it's Rama VI, who founded two!

He established the Kingdom's first school and university. Upon his accession to the throne, he founded Royal Pages College in 1910. The school was modeled on the traditional English public school, which the King had appreciated while he was spending his education in England. After his death in 1925, the school was renamed Vajiravudh College in his honor. In provinces, numbers of modern, provincial schools were also growing significantly. Vajiravudh also established Chulalongkorn University in 1917. The University, which was named in honour of his father, was the first western-style university in the country.

[anatol-merklich.livejournal.com]

sorry for html rubbish

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

OK then I don't get it :( Unless it is the q number plus 1?

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaah ok no I get it now. Doh.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

In that case it's prob not a French dude for i) as Charles I is Charlemagne (not v foolish) and Louis I is Louis The Pious (Louis the Boooo-ring more like).

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

Q=6 (<-- easy bit) are they all "radbod the sixth" ect ect

[anatol-merklich.livejournal.com]

Yup, meaning that kat+tom together got it right with Charles VI up there.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

And hence x is Henry VI, thanks to Shakespeare.

Re: answered out loud so far (no help from me but i was on the way to work)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

And ii) is Pope Alexander VI.