| SHAHJAHAN | 17c Mogul emperor during whose reign the Taj Mahal was built (4,5) |
| AGRA | The Taj Mahal was built here |
| GEORGEIII | King of Great Britain during whose reign the American colonies were lost |
| STUART | Royal house or dynasty during whose reign the Marriage of the Thistle and the Rose took place in 1503 (6) |
| NERO | Fifth emperor of Rome (54-68 AD), during whose reign the Iceni queen Boudicca led a revolt in Britain (4) |
| ZOG | President, later king of Albania, during whose reign the country came to be dominated by Mussolini's Italy (3) |
| THELORDOF | An epic quest to destroy the Dark Lord's reign, ... The Rings (3,4,2) |
| HANSEATIC | The --- League was an association of towns in Germany from the 12c to the 17c (9) |
| SCHMELZER | Johann, 17c Austrian composer often regarded as the true father of the Viennese waltz (9) |
| TITUS | Emperor of Rome (78-81 AD) during whose reign Vesuvius erupted and the Colosseum was completed (5) |
| EIGHTH | Henry the ___ , English Tudor monarch in whose reign the Battle of Flodden took place in 1513 (6) |
| SHAH | ___ Jahan (Mogul emperor who built the Taj Mahal for his late wife Mumtaz Mahal) |
| JOSEPHI | Holy Roman emperor during the War of the Spanish Succession |
| ELIZABETHI | Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's daughter whose reign as the last Tudor monarch saw the defeat of the Spanish Armada and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (9,1) |
| LOUIS | ___ XVIII (monarch whose reign was interrupted by the Hundred Days) |
| AUGUSTUS | The first Roman emperor whose reign began in 27 BC (8) |
| TAJMAHAL | White marble mausoleum at Agra, northern India, built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (1592-1666) |
| BORISGODUNOV | Tsar from 1598 to 1605, the end of whose reign saw Russia descend into the Time of Troubles |
| ANNE | English queen whose reign ended the Stuart dynasty (4) |
| SIBYLLA | ___ , Queen of Jerusalem from 1186, whose reign was curtailed by Saladin's invading armies (7) |
