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Memorable monarchs
Memorable Monarchs of England: (I'll illustrate this using French monarchs to avoid biasing things)
1) A monarch is memorable if you can reliably link their name and number to some fact, epithet, story, whatever. Even the tiniest little thing counts, with a few exceptions. So, were you to say "Louis XIV, he was the Sun King, but I know nothing else about him", he would be memorable by that definition.
2) You have to be sure of the number. Be honest. If you would say "Louis the Mumbelth? XV? XVI? XVII? Anyway, he got his head chopped off, didn't he?", then you're not allowed to count him as memorable, even if seeing him in the order of succession reminds you that he was XVI.
3) Things that don't count: who they succeeded, or were succeeded by. Knowing roughly which part of history they were in. Appearing in the title of a book/film/play. If you want to say that they are memorable because of Shakespeare, you have to know a line of the play, or something about the plot, and know for sure which monarch it was about, including the number. In short, you have to know something memorable about them, not their circumstances.
Note I haven't included pre-Norman Conquest monarchs, so don't complain about a lack of Alfred, and don't get clever about which ones were of England and which were of the UK.
Anyway, without further ado,
Which of the following monarchs, by the above definition, are memorable to you?
William I
14 (87.5%)
William II
5 (31.2%)
Henry I
0 (0.0%)
Stephen
7 (43.8%)
Henry II
4 (25.0%)
Richard I
11 (68.8%)
John
12 (75.0%)
Henry III
2 (12.5%)
Edward I
5 (31.2%)
Edward II
5 (31.2%)
Edward III
3 (18.8%)
Richard II
4 (25.0%)
Henry IV
6 (37.5%)
Henry V
9 (56.2%)
Henry VI
5 (31.2%)
Edward IV
3 (18.8%)
Edward V
3 (18.8%)
Richard III
12 (75.0%)
Henry VII
9 (56.2%)
Henry VIII
14 (87.5%)
Edward VI
5 (31.2%)
Mary I
13 (81.2%)
Elizabeth I
15 (93.8%)
James I
10 (62.5%)
Charles I
14 (87.5%)
Charles II
11 (68.8%)
James II
5 (31.2%)
William III
8 (50.0%)
Mary II
6 (37.5%)
Anne
7 (43.8%)
George I
6 (37.5%)
George II
3 (18.8%)
George III
12 (75.0%)
George IV
3 (18.8%)
William IV
1 (6.2%)
Victoria
15 (93.8%)
George V
3 (18.8%)
Edward VIII
12 (75.0%)
George VI
6 (37.5%)
Elizabeth II
15 (93.8%)
Who, if anyone, have I missed?
Your nationality
English
14 (87.5%)
Other United Kingdom
2 (12.5%)
Other British Commonwealth
0 (0.0%)
Irish Republic
0 (0.0%)
American
0 (0.0%)
Rest Of World
2 (12.5%)