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A history of the Jacobite succession , showing its state immediately prior to the death of each pretender. Normally, only the first ten people are listed here.
On the day of James II's death, 16 September 1701, the line of succession to the Jacobite claim was as follows (following primogeniture );
Upon James II's death, the Prince of Wales inherited his father's claim, as "James III & VIII"
On the day of James III's death, 1 January 1766, the line of succession to the Jacobite claim was as follows (following primogeniture );
Upon James III's death, Charles Stuart inherited his father's claim, as "Charles III"
On the day of Charles III's death, 31 January 1788, the line of succession to the Jacobite claim was as follows (following primogeniture );
Upon Charles III's death, Henry Stuart inherited his brother's claim, as "Henry IX & I"
On the day of Henry IX's death, 13 July 1807, the line of succession to the Jacobite claim was as follows (following primogeniture );
Upon Henry IX's death, Charles Savoy inherited his second cousin twice-removed's claim, as “Charles IV”.
On the day of Charles IV's death, 6 October 1819, the line of succession to the Jacobite claim was as follows (following primogeniture );
Upon Charles IV's death, King Victor Emmanuel of Sardinia inherited his brothers claim, as “Victor I”.
On the day of Victor I's death, 10 January 1824, the line of succession to the Jacobite claim was as follows (following primogeniture );
Upon Victor I's death, the Duchess of Modena inherited her fathers claim, as “Mary III & II”.
On the day of Mary III's death, 15 September 1840, the line of succession to the Jacobite claim was as follows (following primogeniture );
Upon Mary III’s death, Achrduke Francis of Austria-Este inherited his mothers claim, as “Francis I”.
On the day of Francis I's death, 20 November 1875, the line of succession to the Jacobite claim was as follows (following primogeniture );
Upon Francis I's death, Maria Theresa, Princess Ludwig of Bavaria inherited her uncle's claim, as “Mary IV and III”.
On the day of Mary IV's death, 3 February 1919, the line of succession to the Jacobite claim was as follows (following primogeniture );
Upon Mary IV's death, Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria inherited his mothers claim, as “Robert I and IV”.
Charles Emmanuel III was Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia from 1730 until his death.
Victor Amadeus III was King of Sardinia from 1773 to his death. Although he was politically conservative, he carried out numerous administrative reforms until he declared war on Revolutionary France in 1792. He was the father of the last three mainline Kings of Sardinia.
Charles Emmanuel IV was King of Sardinia from 1796 to 1802. He abdicated in favour of his brother Victor Emmanuel I.
Victor Emmanuel I was the Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia (1802–1821).
The House of Savoy-Carignano originated as a cadet branch of the House of Savoy. It was founded by Thomas Francis of Savoy, Prince of Carignano (1596–1656), an Italian military commander who was the fifth son of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy. His descendants were accepted as princes étrangers at the court of France, where some held prominent positions. They eventually came to reign as kings of Sardinia from 1831 to 1861, and as kings of Italy from 1861 until the dynasty's deposition in 1946. The Savoy-Carignano family also, briefly, supplied a king each to Spain and Croatia, as well as queens consort to Bulgaria and Portugal.
The House of Savoy was a royal dynasty that was established in 1003 in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, the family grew in power from ruling a small Alpine county north-west of Italy to absolute rule of the Kingdom of Sicily from 1713 to 1720, when they were handed the island of Sardinia, over which they would exercise direct rule from then onward.
Francis IV Joseph Charles Ambrose Stanislaus was Duke of Modena, Reggio, and Mirandola, Duke of Massa and Prince of Carrara, Archduke of Austria-Este, Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
Maria Beatrice of Savoy was Duchess of Modena by marriage to Francis IV, Duke of Modena.
Christine of France was the sister of Louis XIII and Duchess of Savoy by marriage. Upon the death of her husband Victor Amadeus I in 1637, she acted as regent of Savoy between 1637 and 1648.
Anne Marie d'Orléans was Queen of Sardinia by marriage to Victor Amadeus II of Savoy. She served as regent of Savoy during the absence of her spouse in 1686 and during the War of the Spanish Succession. She is also an important figure in British history.
British history provides several opportunities for alternative claimants to the English and later British Crown to arise, and historical scholars have on occasion traced to present times the heirs of those alternative claims.
Charles Emmanuel of Savoy, 6th Prince of Carignano was a Prince of Savoy and later the Prince of Carignano between 1780 and 1800, and the paternal grandfather of Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of a united Italy.
Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain was Queen of Sardinia by marriage to Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia. She was the youngest daughter of Philip V of Spain and Elisabeth Farnese. She was the mother of the last three mainline Kings of Sardinia.
Maria Theresa of Austria-Este was born an archduchess of Austria-Este and a princess of Modena. She was later Queen of Sardinia as wife of Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia.
Louis Victor of Savoy, 4th Prince of Carignano headed a cadet branch of the Italian dynasty which reigned over the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, being known as the Prince of Carignano from 1741 till his death. Upon extinction of the senior line of the family, his great-grandson succeeded to the royal throne as King Charles Albert of Piedmont-Sardinia, while his great-great-grandson, Victor Emmanuel II, became King of Italy.
Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont, also called Christine of the Palatinate, was a princess of the Bavarian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire and first wife of Charles Emmanuel of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont, heir to the throne of the kingdom of Sardinia. She died during childbirth at the age of 19.
Maria Anna of Savoy was a Princess of Savoy by birth and Duchess of Chablais by her marriage to her uncle, Prince Benedetto, Duke of Chablais.
Maria Carolina of Savoy was a Princess of Savoy from her birth. She was the youngest daughter of the future Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and married in 1781 to the Electoral Prince of Saxony. She died of smallpox aged eighteen.
Since William the Conqueror claimed the English throne, succession has been determined by bequest, battle, primogeniture, and parliament.
Adelaide of Savoy may refer to: