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'''James Stuart''', also known as the '''Old Pretender''', was the son of the former [[James II|King James II and James VII of Scotland]] and [[Queen]] [[Mary of Modena]]. During the latter part of his father's reign, he was the [[Prince of Wales]]. | '''James Stuart''', also known as the '''Old Pretender''', was the son of the former [[James II|King James II and James VII of Scotland]] and [[Queen]] [[Mary of Modena]]. During the latter part of his father's reign, he was the [[Prince of Wales]] and the first in line to the [[England|English]] and [[Scotland|Scottish]]. | ||
He was born in [[1688]]. There was a rumour that he had been smuggled into his mother's bedchamber in a warming pan and therefore had no right to the throne. | He was born in [[1688]]. There was a rumour that he had been smuggled into his mother's bedchamber in a warming pan and therefore had no right to the throne. | ||
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Shortly before James II was overthrown by his daughter [[Mary II|Mary]] and her husband [[William of Orange]] in the [[Glorious Revolution]] in [[November]] 1688, he and his mother went into exile in [[France]]. The [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]] helped her to evade from a mob of [[Protestant]] supporters of William. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Glorious Revolution (audio story)|The Glorious Revolution]]'') | Shortly before James II was overthrown by his daughter [[Mary II|Mary]] and her husband [[William of Orange]] in the [[Glorious Revolution]] in [[November]] 1688, he and his mother went into exile in [[France]]. The [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]] helped her to evade from a mob of [[Protestant]] supporters of William. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Glorious Revolution (audio story)|The Glorious Revolution]]'') | ||
James was the father of the Young Pretender [[Bonnie Prince Charlie]], who attempted to reclaim the | James was the father of the Young Pretender [[Bonnie Prince Charlie]], who attempted to reclaim the English and Scottish thrones for his family in the [[Jacobite|Jacobite Rising]] of [[1745]] which came to an end with the Jacobite defeat at the [[Battle of Culloden]] on [[16 April]] [[1746]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Glorious Revolution (audio story)|The Glorious Revolution]]''; [[TV]]: ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'') | ||
[[Category:17th century individuals]] | [[Category:17th century individuals]] | ||
[[Category:Royalty from the real world]] | [[Category:Royalty from the real world]] | ||
