Now You Know Royalty. Doug Lennox
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• Maryland (Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I)
• New York (Prince James, Duke of York, later King James II)
• North Carolina (King Charles I)
• South Carolina (King Charles I)
• Virginia (Queen Elizabeth I — “The Virgin Queen”)
• West Virginia (Queen Elizabeth I — “The Virgin Queen”)
Quickies
Did you know …
• that the royal title “Defender of the Faith” harks back to the most ancient days when monarch was both priest and king?
Which of Canada’s monarchs was King of Scots in right of his wife?
King François II of France was married to Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1558 when he was a prince. At his marriage he became King of Scots. In 1559, he succeeded his father as the king of France, but died in 1560.
What is a Crown Victoria?
The Crown Victoria is a full-size automobile made by the Ford Motor Company in St. Thomas, Ontario, and favoured by police forces throughout North America as their standard cruiser. The name originated in a style of carriage designed in France in the 1830s and named after the then Princess Victoria (later Queen Victoria) that featured an elegant low body. The name was eventually passed on to horseless carriages (automobiles) of a similar style.
Quickies
Did you know …
• that George VI’s dramatic and moving broadcast on D-Day calling his people to prayer for victory was an exercise of the monarch’s ancient priestly role?
Who was the city of New York named after?
Arguably the greatest city in the world, New York was settled by Dutch explorers in 1624 and originally called New Amsterdam. When it was ceded to the British Crown in 1664 it was renamed New York in honour of the brother of King Charles II, Prince James, Duke of York, who later became King James II.
Quickies
Did you know …
• that Rotten Row, the famous bridle path for horses in the heart of London, is a corruption of the original French name Route du Roi or “King’s Way”?
What was the first ship to cross the Atlantic mostly under steam?
The Royal William, constructed and christened in Quebec City in 1831, with engines built in Montreal, was named in honour of King William IV. In 1833 it sailed from Pictou, Nova Scotia, to Gravesend, England, in 25 days with a crew of 36, seven passengers, and a cargo of coal. Every four days she had to stop and clear her boilers of salt.
Quickies
Did you know …
• that Constitution Hill in London is not named to mark a political milestone but because it was the path along which King Charles II took his daily “constitutional” (walk)?
What does the motto of the Prince of Wales, “Ich Dien,” mean?
Ich dien is German and means “I serve.” It is actually the motto of the heir to the throne, whether or not he, or she, is the Prince of Wales, and was thus the motto of Queen Elizabeth II when she was Princess Elizabeth.
Why does the Prince of Wales sign his name Charles P.?
“Charles P.” is short for Charles Princeps. Princeps is the Latin word for prince. This is how the heir to the throne has signed his name for hundreds of years. He is the only son of the sovereign who uses the p, which he does because he is the Prince of Wales. The word princeps is used because Latin was the language of the law and diplomacy when the practice began. In Canada, this princely signature gave rise to the name E.P. Ranch for the High River, Alberta, property owned by Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII. The present Prince of Wales signed “Charles P.” for the first time when he signed the register for his wedding at St. Paul’s Cathedral on July 29, 1981.
Which British dukedoms are held by the heir to the throne?
Upon the accession to the throne of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles automatically became Duke of Cornwall in England and Duke of Rothesay in Scotland.
Incognitos and Aliases of Royalty
| Charles I | Jack Smith |
| Charles II | William Jackson |
| Peter “the Great” | Peter Mikhailoff |
| Anne | Mrs. Morley |
| (Jacobite) James III | Chevalier de St. George |
| (Jacobite) Charles III | Betty Burke, Lewie Cawe, James Thompson |
| Louis XVI | Durand, a steward |
| Marie Antoinette | Madame Rochet |
| Louis Philippe | Chabaud de la Tour |
| Victoria | Lady Churchill, Countess of Balmoral, Countess of Kent |
| Edward VII | Lord Renfrew |
Which king named his eldest son and intended heir Arthur?
Henry VII. Prince Arthur died in his teens. So strong was the influence of the Arthurian legend that speculation is that had the prince succeeded to the throne it would have been as Arthur the second.
Quickies
Did you know …
• that since the creation of the kingdom of Italy in 1860, the names of the kings of the House of Savoy have alternated between Victor Emmanuel and Umberto?
Who gave the word Canadian its modern meaning?
In the days of New France, Canadien referred to the ancestors of modern French Canadians. After the Treaty of Paris in 1763 transferred New France to the British Crown, and English and Scottish settlers established themselves, the name continued to refer to those of French descent. The first known use of Canadian in its modern civic sense, meaning a resident of Canada regardless of ethnicity, dates from the first election to the Assembly of Lower Canada in 1791. The 23-year-old Prince Edward, son of the king and future father of Queen Victoria, who was then resident in Quebec City, broke up a riot between English and French voters and demanded of them, “Part then in peace. Let me hear no more of the odious distinction of English and French. You are all His Britannic Majesty’s beloved Canadian subjects.”
Quickies
Did you know …
• that the name of the famous Spanish soccer team Real Madrid means “Royal Madrid,” an honour which King Alfonso XIII of Spain granted to the Madrid football club in 1920?