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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.
House of Orléans: Charles Stuart Duke of Cambridge 1660–1661: Queen Mary II 1662–1694 r. 1689–1694: King William III [a] 1650–1702 r. 1689–1702: James Stuart 1663–1667 Duke of Cambridge: Queen Anne 1665–1714 r. 1702–1714: Prince George 1653–1708 of Denmark: Charles Stuart 1666–1667 Duke of Kendal: Edgar Stuart 1667–1671 ...
Stuart Lord Darnley 1545–1567: Mary I Queen of Scots 1542–1587 r. 1542–1567: Francis II King of France 1544–1560: James Earl of Bothwell c. 1534 –1578: James Duke of Rothesay 1540–1541: James VI [a] King of Scots and England 1566–1625 r. 1567–1625 (Scotland) r. 1603–1625 (England) House of Stuart (Continues on Family tree of ...
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 ]
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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.