biography
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Stuart or Stewart, Prince James (Francis Edward)
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also known as the Old Pretender
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| lived:
| (1688–1766)
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| biography:
| Claimant to the British throne, born in London, UK, the only son of James II of England and his second wife, Mary of Modena. As a baby he was conveyed to St Germain, and proclaimed successor on his father's death (1701). After failing to land in Scotland in 1708, he served with the French in the Low Countries. In 1715 he landed at Peterhead during the Jacobite rising, but left Scotland some weeks later. Thereafter he lived mainly in Rome. |
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