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2 days ago · 'The True Law of Free Monarchies;' James VI and I 's political tract formed the basis of Stuart ideology. Jacobite ideology originated with James VI and I, who in 1603 became the first monarch to rule all three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland.
4 days ago · In June 1688, two events turned dissent into a crisis. Firstly, the birth of James's son and heir James Francis Edward Stuart on 10 June raised the prospect of a Catholic dynasty, excluding his Protestant daughter Mary and her husband William III, Prince of Orange, who was also his nephew.
Sep 15, 2024 · On January 8, 1716, James Francis Edward Stuart, familiarly known now as the Old Pretender, arrived at Scone Palace outside Perth. The cause of his Jacobite supporters, who wished to see him recognised as James VIII of Scotland and III of England, was already faltering as the Hanoverian forces of George I closed in.
1 day ago · Anne's stepmother gave birth to a son, James Francis Edward Stuart, on 10 June 1688, and a Catholic succession became more likely. [43] Anne was still at Bath, so she did not witness the birth, which fed the belief that the child was spurious.
Sep 20, 2024 · Several Scottish lords, proud of their royal descent from an ancient line of kings and now beholding their nation, as it were, reduced to the condition of a mere province, began to correspond with James Francis Edward Stuart, "the Chevalier of St. George," to whom they assigned the title of James viii of Scotland; they were also negotiating the ...
Sep 5, 2024 · Some favored Anne's Catholic half-brother, James Francis Edward Stuart. Others staunchly supported the Protestant Hanoverian line. These succession worries influenced court factions and political maneuvering.
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Sep 6, 2024 · Though outwardly a nobleman loyal to the Crown, Mar had decided to throw his support behind James Francis Edward Stuart, the exiled son of the deposed King James II of England and VII of Scotland—thus beginning his covert efforts to restore the Stuart line to the British throne.
