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

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

in fact i think this might be james i and vi of scotland, whose immediate family tree is beyond me to unravel at the moment -- his mum was mary QoS and his dad (lord darnley) was also a stuart

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Correct! Mags Tudor is the grandma in question:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I_of_England#Ancestry

hee

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

'But in her search for political allies amongst the fractious Scottish nobility she took a fatal step, allowing good sense and prudence to be overruled by emotion and magnetism. In seeking allies Margaret turned more and more to the powerful House of Douglas. She found herself particularly attracted to Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, whom even his uncle, the cleric and poet Gavin Douglas, called a "young witless fool."'