Henry Benedict Stuart
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Henry Benedict Thomas Edward Maria Clement Francis Xavier Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York, also known as the Cardinal of York, was a cardinal, and was the third and final Jacobite heir to publicly claim
Portrait by Anton Raphael Mengs, c. 1750
Henry Benedict Stuart, age 13, by Louis Gabriel Blanchet (1738)
A young Henry Benedict Stuart (painted ca. 1729–1732), bearing a striking resemblance to his elder brother Charles Edward Stuart
Henry Benedict Stuart by Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1746/47), long thought to be of Charles Edward Stuart
Jacobitism
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Jacobitism was the name for a political movement active from 1688 to the end of the 18th century. Its primary objective was the restoration of the exiled House of Stuart to the British throne. It was
Henry Benedict Stuart
…Xavier Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York (6 March 1725 – 13 July 1807), also known as the Cardinal of York, was a cardinal, and was the third and final Jacobite heir to publicly claim the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland, as the younger grandson of King James VII and II. One of the longest-serving…
James Francis Edward Stuart, Jacobite claimant between 1701 and 1766
'The True Law of Free Monarchies;' James VI and I's political tract formed the basis of Stuart ideology
Charles I, whose policies caused instability throughout his three kingdoms
James II, 1685, dressed in military uniform