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James Francis Edward Stuart

1688 - 1766

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James Francis Edward Stuart (10 June 1688 – 1 January 1766), nicknamed the Old Pretender by Whigs and the King over the Water by Jacobites, was the son of King James VII and II of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and his second wife, Mary of Modena. He was Prince of Wales from July 1688 until, just months after his birth, his Catholic father was deposed and exiled in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. James II's Protestant elder daughter (the prince's half-sister) Mary II and her husband (the prince's cousin) William III became co-monarchs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Francis Edward Stuart has received more than 3,036,784 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. James Francis Edward Stuart is the 2,508th most popular politician (down from 2,152nd in 2019), the 576th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 518th in 2019) and the 104th most popular British Politician.

James Francis Edward Stuart is most famous for his claim to the throne of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, James Francis Edward Stuart ranks 2,508 out of 15,577Before him are Nancy Pelosi, Władysław Gomułka, Prince Shōtoku, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria, and Vytautas Landsbergis. After him are Antiochus VII Sidetes, José Manuel Barroso, Julius Schreck, Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Empress Suiko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1688, James Francis Edward Stuart ranks 9Before him are Emanuel Swedenborg, Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden, Gyeongjong of Joseon, Maria Luisa of Savoy, Juraj Jánošík, and Alexander Pope. After him are Giuseppe Castiglione, Pierre de Marivaux, Domenico Zipoli, Stede Bonnet, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, and Antonio Corradini. Among people deceased in 1766, James Francis Edward Stuart ranks 4Before him are Stanisław Leszczyński, Elisabeth Farnese, and Frederick V of Denmark. After him are Johann Maria Farina, Giuseppe Castiglione, Leopold Joseph von Daun, Jean-Marc Nattier, Thomas Abbt, Johann Christoph Gottsched, Marie Victoire de Noailles, and Jean Astruc.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Francis Edward Stuart ranks 576 out of 7,765Before him are Peter Gabriel (1950), Richard Arkwright (1732), Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930), Tom Jones (1940), Christian Bale (1974), and David Irving (1938). After him are Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1631), John Macleod (1876), William Stanley Jevons (1835), Gerard Butler (1969), John Edward Gray (1800), and Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969).

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