List of Jacobite pretenders to the throne
This list contains all Jacobite pretenders to the throne who claimed both the English and Scottish crowns or who are considered by the Jacobites to be descendants of the Stuarts.
House of Stuart
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Jacob II./VII. (* October 14, 1633, † September 16, 1701) |
Stuart | Son of Charles I , was the legal king of England and Scotland until the Glorious Revolution in 1688 |
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Jacob III./VIII. (June 10, 1688 - January 1, 1766) |
Stuart | Son of James II. Also known as The Old Pretender . |
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Charles III (* December 31, 1720, † January 31, 1788) |
Stuart | Son of James Francis Edward Stuart (Jacob III / VIII), The Young Pretender . He could not prevail against George II . |
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Heinrich IX./I. (March 6, 1725 - July 13, 1807) |
Stuart | Son of James Francis Edward Stuart (Jacob III / VIII) and brother of his predecessor (Charles III), Cardinal Duke of York. Last Stuart to claim the title of king |
House of Savoy
After the death of Henry Benedict Stuart (Henry IX / I) in 1807, with which the Stuart died out in the direct male line, the Jacobites saw Karl Emanuel IV of Sardinia-Piedmont , a great-great-grandson of King Charles I over the youngest Daughter Henriette Anne , as the next relative of the Stuarts. The succession passed to Henry's great cousin Karl Emanuel IV and the House of Savoy .
| image | Throne name (life dates) | House of Lords | Remarks |
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Charles IV (* May 24, 1751, † October 6, 1819) |
Savoy | Better known as Charles Emanuel IV of Savoy. Great cousin of Henry Benedict Stuart (Heinrich IX./I.). King of Sardinia-Piedmont |
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Victor I. (* July 24, 1759, † January 10, 1824) |
Savoy | Actually Victor Emanuel I of Savoy. Brother of his predecessor, King of Sardinia-Piedmont |
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Maria II. (III.) (* December 6, 1792, † September 15, 1840) |
Savoy | Actually Maria Beatrix of Savoy. Eldest daughter of her predecessor Viktor Emanuels I (Victor I) of Sardinia-Piedmont, Duchess of Modena and Reggio; sometimes because of Maria II. (wife of Wilhelm III. ) also as Maria III. counted. |
House Austria-Este
After the death of Maria Beatrix of Savoy, the succession passed to the House of Austria-Este , which was a branch line of the House of Habsburg-Lothringen .
| image | Throne name (life dates) | House of Lords | Remarks |
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Franz (born June 1, 1819, † November 20, 1875) |
Austria-Este | Actually Duke Franz V of Modena, son of his predecessor Maria Beatrix of Savoy (Maria II./III.). |
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Maria III (IV.) (* July 2, 1849, † February 3, 1919) |
Austria-Este | Actually Marie Therese of Austria-Este, Queen of Bavaria, niece of Duke Franz V of Modena; sometimes counted as Maria IV because of Maria II (wife of Wilhelm III ). |
Wittelsbach House
Through the marriage of Marie Therese of Austria-Este with Ludwig III. The succession passed from Bavaria to the House of Wittelsbach .
| image | Throne name (life dates) | House of Lords | Remarks |
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Rupprecht (born May 18, 1869, † August 2, 1955) |
Wittelsbach | Actually, Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. Son of his predecessor Marie Therese von Österreich-Este (Maria III./IV.) |
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Albrecht (born May 3, 1905, † July 8, 1996) |
Wittelsbach | Actually Albrecht of Bavaria, Hereditary Prince of Bavaria until 1918, son of Rupprecht of Bavaria |
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Franz (born July 14, 1933) |
Wittelsbach | Actually Franz von Bayern. Head of the House of Wittelsbach, oldest son of Albrecht of Bavaria. |
Further line of succession
According to the current state of affairs, the Jacobite line of succession would pass to his brother Max Emanuel in the event of the death of Franz von Bayern . Then his daughter Sophie would be considered. She married into the House of Liechtenstein . This would mean that the Jacobite claim to the throne would pass to Sophie's descendants, who come from the House of Liechtenstein.