James Francis Edward Stuart
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James Francis Edward Stuart, also known as the Old Pretender, was the senior House of Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1701 until his death in 1766. The only surviv
Portrait from the studio of Alexis Simon Belle, c. 1712
James Francis Edward as Prince of Wales
James Francis Edward c. 1703, portrait in the Royal Collection attributed to Alexis Simon Belle
James ("The Old Pretender") lands in Scotland after Sheriffmuir. An 18th-century engraving.
James II of England
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James II and VII was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from February 1685 until he was deposed in the 1688 Glorious Revolution. The last Catholic monarch of Eng
James Francis Edward Stuart
…was the senior House of Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1701 until his death in 1766. The only surviving son of James II of England and his second wife, Mary of Modena, he was created Prince of Wales. He was heir-apparent until his Catholic father was deposed and exiled in the…
Reception of James and his brother Charles in Bruges on 2 October 1656
James and Anne Hyde in the 1660s, by Sir Peter Lely
Wedding suit of James II, 1673, in the Victoria and Albert Museum