STUART


Meaning of STUART in English

I . Charles Edward Stuart

➡ Bonny Prince Charlie .

II . the House of Stuart

the name of the family who were kings and queens of Scotland from 1371 to 1714. When Elizabeth I of England died without any children in 1603, her relative James VI of Scotland became also James I of England. The Stuarts continued to be kings and queens of England and Scotland until 1714, when the Act of Settlement made the House of Hanover the British royal family.

See also Jacobite .

III . James Stuart

(1688–1766)

the son of James II , also called the Old Pretender . His supporters, the Jacobites , referred to him as James VIII of Scotland and III of England. He lived in France and Italy for most of his life, and claimed that he had a right to be the king of Britain. He came to Scotland in 1715 to lead the Fifteen rebellion, but was defeated by the English.

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