James Francis Edward Stuart
1688 – 1766 · Generation XXVIII · House of Stuart
James Francis Edward Stuart (1688–1766). “The Old Pretender” — the baby whose birth triggered the Revolution; pretender for seventy-seven years.
One of 14 people of House of Stuart (from 1371) in this archive. Scotland’s royal house for three centuries before James VI inherited England and wore both crowns.
Line of descent: Owen Tudor → Edmund Tudor → King Henry VII → Margaret Tudor → King James V of Scotland → Mary Queen of Scots → King James I → King Charles I → King James II → James Francis Edward Stuart.
Parents
- King James II (1633 – 1701)
- Mary of Modena (1658 – 1718)
Siblings
- Queen Mary II (1662 – 1694) (half)
- Queen Anne (1665 – 1714) (half)