Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The line of succession to the Scottish throne was governed by the Claim of Right Act 1689: Princess Anne of Denmark (born 1665), sister of the king's late wife; Upon his death, the throne passed to the first person in line, who became Queen Anne. The succession continued with the monarchs of Great Britain.
It may be noted that the succession was highly uncertain, and was not governed by a fixed convention, for much of the century after the Norman Conquest of 1066. Significant breaks in the succession, where the designated heir did not in fact succeed (due to usurpation, conquest, revolution, or lack of heirs) are shown as breaks in the table below.
After Mary II died in 1694, her husband continued to reign alone until his own death in 1702. The line of succession provided for by the Bill of Rights was almost at an end; William and Mary had no children and Princess Anne's children had died. Parliament passed the Act of Settlement 1701. The Act maintained the provision of the Bill of Rights ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
A regnal name, regnant name, [1] or reign name is the name used by monarchs and popes during their reigns and subsequently, historically. Since ancient times, some monarchs have chosen to use a different name from their original name when they accede to the monarchy.
Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom—2022 marks 70 years since her ascension to the throne. Next in line on the royal family tree is Prince Charles, her son ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
The Jacobite succession stemmed from the death of Charles II in 1685. When Charles’ younger brother James, Duke of York became king as James II of England and VII of Scotland, concerns arose that James, a recent Catholic convert, would return England to Catholicism, especially after the birth of a son, James Francis Edward Stuart , who would ...