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The House of Stuart ended with the death of his second son, the Cardinal Duke of York. Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart: 28 June 1692, Daughter of James II and Mary of Modena: Never married: 18 April 1712 (aged 19) She was the last legitimate female scion of the House of Stuart, other than her elder half-sister, Anne;
The House of Stuart, originally spelled Stewart, was a royal house of Scotland, England, Ireland and later Great Britain.The family name comes from the office of High Steward of Scotland, which had been held by the family progenitor Walter fitz Alan (c. 1150).
James II and VII's other grandson, Henry Benedict Stuart, was the last of his legitimate descendants, as he took a career as a Catholic prelate and as such never married. Henry Benedict Stuart died in 1807, by which time the Jacobite succession ceased to have supporters in any number.
The Dukedom of Albany is a peerage title that was bestowed on some younger sons in the Scottish and later the British royal family, particularly in the House of Stuart. Robert II's third son was Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany , who was Regent of Scotland during part of the reigns of his father, brother, and nephew James I of Scotland . [ 5 ]
Charles Stuart 1666–1667 Duke of Kendal: Edgar Stuart 1667–1671 Duke of Cambridge: Prince William 1689–1700 Duke of Gloucester: Catherine Stuart 1675–1676: Isabel Stuart 1676–1681: Charles Stuart 1677 Duke of Cambridge: Elizabeth Stuart 1678: Charlotte Stuart 1682: Maria Clementina Sobieska 1702–1735: James Francis Edward Stuart The ...
At the time of Anne's death in August 1714, 66 descendants of the Stuart dynasty were alive, but the first 54, being Roman Catholic, were excluded by the Act of Settlement. The succession thus fell to Elector George Louis of Hanover, the eldest son of Electress Sophia (who had died a few months before), to the British throne.
He was born Stuart Krieg Murphy on Feb. 20, 1927, in Phoenix, the son of an alcoholic father who abandoned his family when Stuart was an infant. He grew up in California and took the surname of ...
Charles Edward Stuart, elder son of James Francis. He had no legitimate issue by his wife. He had an illegitimate daughter who has descendants, but they have no succession rights. Also known as "Charles III" by Jacobites or as "Bonnie Prince Charlie" more widely. Henry Benedict Stuart, younger son of James Francis. He was a Cardinal of the ...