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xcvi day proclaimed. King James died at St. Germains, 6 Sept. 1701, having m. ast, at Breda in Brabant, 24 Nov. 1659, Anne, dau. of Edward Hyde, Esq. afterwards Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England; she d. 31 Mar. 1671, bur. in Westminster Abbey, haying had 4 sons and 4 daus.

[1] Charles, b. 22 Oct. 1660; declared Duke of Cambridge; d.5 May, 1661; bur. in Westminster Abbey.

[2] James b. 11 July, 1663; Duke and Earl of Cambridge, and Baron of Dauntse, Wilts, 23 Aug. 1664, elected 3 Dec. 1666; d. at Richmond 20 June, 1667; bur. in Westminster Abbey

[3] Charles, Duke of Kendal; b. 4 July, 1666; d. 22 May, 1667; bur. in Westminster Abbey 4] Edgar, Duke of Cambridge, so created 7 Oct. 1667; b. 14 Sept. 1667; d. at Richmond 8 June, 1671; bur in Westminster Abbey. .

[5] Mary, Princess of Orange; b. 30 April, 1662; d. 28 Dec. 1694; m. 4 Nov. 1677, to William Henry of Nassau, Prince of Orange, they ascended the throne as William III. and Mary II.

[6] Anne, s. William III. as Queen of England, &c.

[7] Henrietta, b. 13 Jan. 1669; d. 15 Nov. 1669; bur. in Westminster Abbey.

[8] Katharine, b. 9 Feb. 1671; d. 6 Dec. 1671; bur. in Westminster Abbey. KING JAMES m. 2ndly, at Dover, 21 Noy. 1673, Mary Beatrix Eleanora d'este, dau. of Alphonso III. Duke of Modena; she d. 8 May, 1718, having had 2 sons and 4 daus.

[9] Charles, called Duke of Cambridge; b. 7 Nov. 1677; d.12 Dec. following; bur. in Westminster Abbey.

[10] James Francis Edward, b. 10 June, 1688; Duke of Cornwall, styled the pretended Prince of Wales in the Protestant Succession Act, 6 Ann; “Chevalier de St. George;” he landed in Scotland 23 Dec. 1715, and quitted it 4 Feb. 1716, having unsuccessfully attempted to raise a civil war in support of his claim to the Crown; d. at Rome 1 Jan. 1766, having m. 28 May, 1719, Maria Clementina, dau. of Prince James Lewis Sobieski, son of John, King of Poland, one of the richest heiresses in 2 sons,

(1) Charles Edward Lewis Casimir, b. at Rome, 31 Dec. 1720, known as “the Young Cheaviler” and latterly as Count of Albany, landed in Scotland 25 July, 1745, was joined by many of the highland clans, proclaimed his father King, and marched to Derby, but retreating was Culloden 16 April, 1746, and escaped to France after six months’ wandering in Scotland. He died in Rome 31 Jan. 1788, s. p. 1. having. m. 17 April, 1772, Lonisa Maximilia, eldest dau. of Gustavus Adolphus, Prince of Stolberg-Geudern (see E. ERROLL); she re-m. Vittorio, Count Alfieri, the poet. George III. settled on her a pension of £2,000 a year out of his privy purse.

(2) Henry Benedict, the last legitimate male descendant of the royal house of Stuart, bishop of Ostia and Frascati, created a cardinal bishop by Pope Benedict XIV. 1747, and commonly called the Cardinal of York; by the French Revolution 1789 he lost his church preferments in that country, and when Rome was taken by the French he lost his Italian property; he took refugoefirst at Padua, then at Venice; George III, on him a pension of £4,000 a year out of his privy purse; d. at Rome, June, 1807, aged 83.

[11] Catharine Laura, b. 10 Jan. 1675; d. 3 Oct. 1675; bur. in Westminster Abbey.

[12] Isabella, b. 28 Aug. 1676; d. 2 Mar. 1681; bur. in Westminster Abbey.

[13] Charlotte Maria, b. 15 Aug. 1682; d. 6 Oct. following; bur. in Westminster Abbey.

[14] Louisa Maria Teresa, b. at St. Germains-en-Laye, after the abdication, 18/28 June, 1692.

ILLIAM III. and MARY II. were declared by Parliament, 18 Feb. 1689, King and Queen of England, France, and Ireland, &c. during their lives and the life of the survivor of them, and after their decease the royal dignity was limited to the heirs of their body, and in default to the Princess Anne of Denmark and the heirs of her body, and in default to the heirs of the body of King William; proclaimed King same day (13 Feb.), both crowned together in Westminster Abbey 11 April, 1689, by Henry Compton, Bishop of London, proclaimed King and Queen of Scotland same day. King James landed at Kinsale, Ireland, 12 Mar. 1690, and summoned a parliament to meet at Dublin 7 May; on the preceding 20 April began the celebrated siege of Derry, which was raised on 31 July. King William set out for Ireland 4 June, 1690, and gained the victory of the Boyne 1 July, whereupon James fled to France. The subjugation of Ireland ended with the surrender of Limerick, 26 Aug. 1691, and peace was concluded with France 10 Sept.1697. Queen Mary d. 28 Dec. 1694, bur. in Westminster Abbey, and William III. became sole King. In the year 1701 the royal assent was given to an Act for the further limitation of the crown, whereby the Princess Sophia, Duchess