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House of Stuart

The House of Stuart or Stewart is a British/Scottish Royal House of Breton origin. The distinction is because the House started off ruling Scotland but after the death of Elizabeth I of England, took over the whole of Britain.

Table of contents

1 Scottish Monarchs 2 British Monarchs 3 Pretenders 4 See Also

Scottish Monarchs

• Robert II (1371-1390)
• Robert III (1390-1406)
• James I (1406-1437)
• James II (1437-1460)
• James III (1460-1488)
• James IV (1488-1513)
• James V (1513-1542)
• Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1567)
• James VI (1567-1625)

British Monarchs

• James VI of Scotland and I of England - Jacobean time
• Charles I of England and Scotland
• Charles II of England and Scotland - Restoration time
• James VII of Scotland and II of England

The period between Charles I and Charles II of England was run as a Protectorate by Oliver Cromwell and Richard Cromwell.

Pretenders

• James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender, claimed throne as James VIII of Scotland and III of England, (1701-1766)
• Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, claimed throne as Charles III, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, (1766-1788)
• Henry Benedict Stuart, claimed throne as Henry IX of Britain, (1766-1807)

See Also

• Jacobitism, for further information on the House of Stuart and their decline
• The family trees of the Stuarts: Scottish branch - England and Scotland united

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