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Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg , born in Potsdam , Brandenburg , became Princess of Albania in March 1914 (arrival pictured) , but had to leave the country just six months later because of nationalist turmoil?
the sarcophagus of King Gustav I of Sweden and his consorts at Uppsala Cathedral (pictured) had once been confiscated by authorities in Antwerp because the Flemish sculptor Willem Boy was in debt?
the breakfast room at Tullgarn Palace in Sweden is furnished like a south German Bierstube , possibly reflecting the fact that King Gustav V 's queen consort came from Baden ?
the spacious Hall of Lost Footsteps was added to the medieval Palace of Poitiers at the behest of Alienor of Aquitaine , Queen consort of France and England ?
Princess Louise-Marie of France , the youngest of the 10 children of Louis XV of France and his Queen consort Maria Leszczyńska , amazed the court when she asked her father to allow her to become a Carmelite nun in 1770?
Marie Louise Élisabeth (pictured) , later Duchess of Parma , was the eldest child of Louis XV of France and his Queen consort Maria Leszczyńska , had a younger twin sister Henriette , and was one of only two of Louis' children to be married, the other being her brother, Louis, dauphin de France ?
Emperor Nicholas II of Russia was billed 3,250 rubles for Rosebud , the first Fabergé egg he presented to his empress consort Alexandra Fyodorovna ?
Ludwika Maria Gonzaga was the queen consort of two Kings of Poland ?
Princess Marie Adélaïde (pictured) , the fourth daughter and sixth child of Louis XV of France and his Queen consort Maria Leszczyńska , died in exile in 1800 having outlived all nine of her siblings?
Emperor Alexander III of Russia was billed 4,750 rubles for the Renaissance egg , the final Fabergé egg he presented to his empress consort Maria Feodorovna ?
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Question 2 : Queen Silvia , consort of ________
Question 3 : Queen Anne, second consort of Henry VIII , is called ________
Question 4 : Queen Rania , consort of ________
Question 6 : Queen Mary, consort of George V , is usually called ________
Question 7 : ________ and his wife Isabella, a queen in her own right, Isabella I of Castile , ruled their kingdoms as one dominion.
Question 9 : Panapillai Amma (queen consort) Srimathi Lakshmi Pilla Kochamma Chempakaraman Arumana Ammaveedu, wife of Visakham Thirunal ________ of Travancore .
Question 10 : However, the two kingdoms would not be legally united until the monarchs' grandson ________ , acceded to both thrones as Charles I of Spain.