Across
- 3. Catholic daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, she briefly returned England to Catholicism
- 4. The first European monarch to be tried in a court of law, this English king was executed for treason
- 7. A former Protestant, this Catholic king of France was assassinated while his carriage was stopped in traffic
- 10. Unpopular because he was Catholic, this monarch left the English throne in a bloodless revolution
- 11. A young king of France who strengthened the monarchy with help from Cardinal Richelieu
- 12. King of Spain whose "Invincible" Armada failed to invade Britain and stop the seadogs
- 14. A Hohenzollern monarch of Prussia who challenged the succession of Maria Theresa to the throne of the Holy Roman Empire, leading to war with Austria
- 15. King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor who tried to unite Europe under Catholicism
- 16. After signing the English Bill of Rights, they became the English monarchs following the Glorious Revolution
- 17. This greatest example of an absolute monarch (according to your book) took the sun as his personal symbol and famously said "I am the state."
Down
- 1. After having a "good" period, his descent into mental illness earned him a nickname: the Terrible
- 2. Six and a half feet tall and famously strong, this monarch worked alongside his shipwrights to build a navy and seize Azov from the Turks
- 5. King of England and founder of the Anglican Church (Church of England)
- 6. German princess and wife of Peter III, her reign was challenged at home by Yemelyen Pugachev, who claimed to be Peter III
- 8. Protestant daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, she is called the Virgin Queen
- 9. Lord Protector, this English ruler closed theatres and restricted English social life
- 13. Protestant son of Mary, Queen of Scots, this cousin of Elizabeth I became King of England, beginning the Stuart dynasty
- 15. When Richard Cromwell's government collapsed, this son of Charles I was invited to become King of England
