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James Francis Edward Stuart (10 June 1688 – 1 January 1766), nicknamed the Old Pretender by Whigs and the King over the Water by Jacobites, was the son of King James VII and II of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and his second wife, Mary of Modena.
Mar 15, 2024 · James Francis Edward Stuart. Born: June 10, 1688, London, Eng. Died: Jan. 1, 1766, Rome, Papal States [Italy] (aged 77) Political Affiliation: Jacobite. House / Dynasty: House of Stuart. Notable Family Members: father James II. mother Mary of Modena. son Charles Edward, the Young Pretender. son Henry Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York. (Show more)
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Nov 6, 2021 · Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, from the studio of Alexis Simon Belle, c.1712, via the National Portrait Gallery, London James Stuart would live the rest of his life in Rome. In 1719 he married Princess Maria of Sobieska and had two children, Charles Edward (Bonnie Prince Charlie), and Henry Benedict .
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Jun 27, 2018 · Stuart, James Francis Edward (1688–1766) British claimant to the throne, called the ‘Old Pretender’. The only son of James II, his birth precipitated the Glorious Revolution (1688), and he was brought up in exile. On the death of his father in 1701, the Jacobites proclaimed James king.
The Jacobite rising of 1715 (Scottish Gaelic: Bliadhna Sheumais [ˈpliən̪ˠə ˈheːmɪʃ]; or 'the Fifteen') was the attempt by James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland for the exiled Stuarts.
- 1715–1716
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James Francis Edward Stuart, with a French invasion fleet, reached the Firth of Forth in Scotland but was unable to proceed with a landing because ships from the Royal Navy were waiting for them.
James never returned to Scotland, instead heading an intrigue-ridden court in exile, and passed the baton to his son Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788). He died in Rome and is interred in St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, by E Gill (1725-28)
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