Answers - Spring 2000 Puzzle
Misfit Monarchs
Medieval European history may be barbaric, but it’s hilariously funny. The 41 buffs who attempted this puzzle volunteered some arcane pearls: Did you know the French had their own jeering nickname for John Lackland? They called him “the Doll Heart” (playing on brave brother Richard’s byname, “the Lion Heart”). One contestant offered up more misfit monarchs for our pleasure: Ever heard of Louis “the Sluggard” or Charles “the Bewitched?” Another supplied details of Pedro the Cruel’s love-triangle: Blanche was his abandoned Bourbon bride, Maria de Padilla, his treasured mistress.
From the 33 correct entries, we chose these winners randomly: Laura A. Forbes JD ’90, Diane C. Jay ’92, Maureen A. Johnson, Maffie A. Maramot MA ’96 and Sylvia Nigro. Your Borders gift certificates are in the mail.
The correct answers to “Misfit Monarchs” are listed below. For a refreshingly feminine twist on history, check out our “Worldly Women” quiz.

1. Juana “the Mad,” Philip “the Hand-some”(Castile and Aragon, 16th century)
2. Pepin III “the Short” (Franks, 8th century)
3. Charles II “the Bald,” Louis II “the Stammerer,” and Charles III “the Simple” (HRE and France, 9th-10th century)
4. Ethelred II “the Unready” (England, 10th-11th century)
5. Charles III “the Fat” (HRE, 9th century)
6. John I “Lackland” (England, 12th-13th century)
7. Mieszko III “the Old,” Casimir II “the Just” (Great Poland, 12th century)
8. Pedro I “the Cruel” or “the Just,” Enrique II “the Fratricide” or “the Bastard” (Castile and Leon, 14th century)
9. Charles II “the Bad,” Charles III “the Noble” (Navarre, 14th-15th century)
10. Harold I “Harefoot” (England, 11th century)

 
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