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Category: Those little town blues
These three counties in the Empire State are named after Catholic monarchs.
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Is everybody sick, or kidnapped today? I can't believe I'm the first one to try?
Well the only counties I know of in NY are those comprising NY City but I don't know all of them, but I do know a few Catholic Monarchs. And they would have to be 18th century and before, I would guess.
Here goes: Who are Mary, Louis and Charles?
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Sorry Ray. I guess this one was just too tough. Here's the answer from http://catholicism.org/us-counties-named-after-catholics.html
Albany is named after the last Catholic King of England, the convert, James II (1633-1701), who was also the Duke of York and of Albany in Scotland; Dutchess County is named after his wife, Mary, Duchess of Modena (1658-1718), who gave him the final nudge to enter the Church after he had long considered doing so; and Queens County is named after England’s next to last Catholic Queen, Catherine of Braganza (1650-1702), who was married to Charles II (he converted on his deathbed).
Yeah, Swissie, I looked it up after I guessed. That one definitely was only for PhD's who had taught English history for 40 years.
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