THE ROYAL FAMILIES OF ENGLAND
The House of Stuart
JAMES THE FIRST, b. 19 June, 1566, great-great grandson of KING HENRY VII., was crowned King of England, 25 July, 1603. This monarch m. 20 Aug. 1590, Anne, dau. of FREDERICK II. of Denmark, and by her (who d. 2 March, 1619,) had
HENRY-FREDERICK, Prince of Wales, K.G., b. 19 Feb. 1593, d. unm. in the lifetime of his father, 6 Nov. 1612, in his 19th year.
CHARLES, Prince of Wales, successor to the crown.
Elizabeth, b. 19 Aug. 1596, m. 14 Feb. 1612-13, FREDERICK V., Duke of Bavaria, Elector Palatine of the Rhine, and King of Bohemia, and d. 13 Feb. 1662, having had issue,
CHARLES-LEWIS, successor to the Dukedom of Bavaria, whose dau. and heir, CHARLOTTE, m. Philippe, Duke of Orleans, brother of Louis XIV, and had a son,
PHILIPPE II., DUKE OF ORLEANS, great-great-grandfather of LOUIS-PHILIPPE, late King of the French.
Rupert, so gallantly distinguished during the civil wars as “Prince Rupert,” created Duke of Cumberland in 1644, and made a Knight of the Garter; be d. unm. 19 Nov 1682.
Maurice, (known in English History as “Prince Maurice,”) d. unm. (shipwrecked) in 1654.
Edward, Duke of Bavaria, Count Palatine of the Rhine, K.G., m. Anne de Gonzaga, of Mantua, and d. 10 March, 1663, leaving three daus.,
ANNE, m. Henry-Julius, Prince of Condé.
BENEDICTA, m. to John-Frederick, Duke of Brunswick Lunenburgh.
LOUIS-MARIA, m. to Charles-Theodore, Prince of Salms.
Philip, slain in battle, d. unm. in 1650.
Elizabeth, Abbess of Hervorden, d. in 1680.
Louisa, Abbess of Maubisson, d. in 1709.
Henrietta, m. to Sigismund, Prince of Transylvania, d. s.p. in 1651.
Sophia, m. to Ernest-Augustus, Duke of Brunswick Lunenburgh, Elector of Hanover, by whom she had
GEORGE LEWIS, who ascended the British throne, under the Act of Settlement, by the title of King GEORGE THE FIRST, five other Sons, who d. unm. and one dau.,
Sophia-Charlotte, m. to FREDERICK-WILLIAM, King of Prussia.
KING James d. 27 March, 1625, and was s. by the Prince of Wales, as
CHARLES THE FIRST, b. 19 Nov. 1600, crowned 2 Feb. 1625, m. 11 May following, HENRIETTA-MARIA, dau. of HENRY IV. of France, and by her (who d. 10 Sept. 1669, aged 60), had issue,
CHARLES, Prince of Wales.
JAMES, Duke of York, who succeeded his brother as SECOND of that name.
Henry, Duke of Gloucester, b. in July, 1640, d. in 1660, unm.
Mary, m. 2 May, 1648, to WILLIAM II., Prince of Orange, by whom she had an only son,
WILLIAM-HENRY, Prince of Orange, who ascended the British throne as WILLIAM THE THIRD.
Elizabeth, d. of grief, a prisoner in Carisbrooke Castle, 8 Sept. 1660, aged 15.
Henrietta-Maria, m. 31 March, 1661, to Philip, Duke of Orleans, and d. in 1670, leaving issue,
Philip-Charles, Duc de Valois, d. in 1666, aged 2.
Maria-Aloisa, b. in 1662, m. in 1679, to CHARLES II., King of Spain, but d. s.p. in 1689.
Anna-Maria, b. in 1669, m. in 1684, to VICTOR AMADEUS II., Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia, and had, with other issue, a son and successor,
CHARLES-EMMANUEL, KING OF SARDINIA, father, by his 2nd wife Polyxena-Christina, dau. of Ernest-Leopold, of Hesse Rheinfelt of VICTOR-AMADEUS, King of Sardinia, who m. Marie-Antoinette, dau. of Philip, King of Spain, and had issue,
i. Charles-Emanuel-Ferdinand, King of Sardinia, abdicated 4 June, 1804.
ii.. VICTOR-EMANUEL, King of Sardinia, who m. Maria Theresa, dau. of Frederick, Archduke of Austria, and d. in 1824, leaving issue,
1. MARIA-BEATRICE-VICTOIRE-JOSEPHINE, who m. 20 June, 1812, Francis IV.. reigning Duke of Modena, and d. in 1840, leaving issue, two daus. and two sons, viz.
FRANCIS-FERDINAND, Hereditary Prince of Modena, b. 1 June 1819, eldest representative of the Royal Houses of PLANTAGENET, TUDOR and STUART.
Ferdinand-Charles-Victor.
2. MARIA-THERESA, who m. in 1823, Charles-Louis, Duke of Lucca, and had one son, FERDINAND-CHARLES.
3. MARIA-ANNE-CAROLINE-PIE, who m. in 1831, Ferdinand I., Emperor of Austria.
iii. Charles-Felix-Joseph, King of Sardinia, d.s.p. 1831.
iv. Joseph-Benedict, deceased.
i. Maria-Josepha-Louisa, m. to Stanislaus, Count of Provence, afterwards Louis XVIII. of France.
ii. Maria-Theresa, who m. Charles-Philip, Count D’Artois, afterwards Charles X. of France, and was grandfather of HENRY, DUC DE BORDEAUX.
iii. Maria-Charlotte, m. to Anthony Clement of Saxony.
After the decapitation of the King, 30 Jan. 1648-9, an interregnum of several years virtually (though not legally) occurred, which terminated, at length in the restoration of the King de jure to the throne of his ancestors, 29 May, 1660, under the title of
CHARLES THE SECOND, b, 29 May, 1630, crowned 23 April, 1661. His Majesty m. Katherine, Infanta of Portugal, dau. of JOHN IV., but dying without legitimate issue, 6 Feb. 1685, he was s. by his brother,
JAMES THE SECOND, b. in 1663, crowned 23 April, 1685. His Majesty m. 1st, Lady Anne Hyde, dau. of the Lord Chancellor Clarendon, and had surviving issue by that lady, (who d. 31 March, 1671,)
MARY, who m. WILLIAM, Prince of Orange, and ascended the throne jointly with her husband.
ANNE, who ascended the throne at the decease of her brother-in-law, King WILLIAM THE THIRD.
His Majesty m. 2ndly, 21 Nov. 1673, Mary-Beatrix-Eleanora D’Este, dau. of Alphonso, Duke of Modena, by whom (who d. 8 May, 1718) he had,
JAMES-FRANCIS-EDWARD, SO well known as the Chevalier St. George, b. 10 June, 1688, m. in 1719, Mary-Clementina, dau. of Prince James Sobieski, and granddau. of JOHN, King of Poland, by whom he had issue,
CHARLES-EDWARD-LEWIS-CASIMER, the young Chevalier, b. at Rome 31 Dec., 1720, m. 17 April, 1772, Louisa-Maximiliana, Princess Stohlberg, and d. s. p. in 1788.
Henry-Benedict, b. in 1725, who was elevated to the purple in 1747, and subsequently bore the designation of Cardinal York, d. in 1807, when the whole issue of King JAMES THE SECOND became extinct.
Louisa-Maria, d. unm. in 1712.
KING JAMES was declared to have abdicated the throne in 1688, when his daughter, MARY, and her husband, the PRINCE OF ORANGE, were made his successors, as
WILLIAM THE THIRD and MARY THE SECOND; but their Majesties having no issue, the crown devolved, at the decease of King WILLIAM, (the Queen predeceased him in 1694,) on the 8th March, 1702, upon the deceased Queen’s sister, as
QUEEN ANNE, b. 6 Feb. 1665, crowned 23 April, 1702. Her majesty m. in 1683, GEORGE, Prince of Denmark; but died without surviving issue, 1 Aug. 1714, when the crown passed, by Act of Settlement, to the great-grandson of King JAMES I., GEORGE, Elector of Hanover, who ascended the throne under the title of GEORGE I.