James Francis Edward Stuart, claimant to the English and Scottish throne (died 1766)

James Francis Edward Stuart

Jacobite pretender (1688–1766)

James Francis Edward Stuart was the senior House of Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1701 until his death in 1766. The only son of James II of England and his second wife, Mary of Modena, he was Prince of Wales and heir until his Catholic…