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

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Actually I think vi is George VI - born on Dec 14th 1895, Prince Albert died Dec 14th 1861.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

And his great-aunt Princess Alice died Dec 14th 1878 of diptheria which she caught by hugging her children! Awww.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

"Alice became [Queen Vic's] unofficial secretary, and through her passed the Queen's official papers to and from her government ministers. Alice was aided in this task by her younger sister Princess Louise. Although Princess Helena, Louise's elder sister, would normally have been selected, her inability to go long without crying made her an inappropriate choice."

why royals are rub

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

crying, magnetism, foolish, mum puts yr eye out...