Kingdom of Great Britain (Jacobite claim)

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The Kingdom of Great Britain (Jacobite claim) refers to the rival, dynastic claim to the British throne maintained by the exiled Stuart line and their supporters after the Glorious Revolution, asserting their legitimacy over the reigning Hanoverian monarchy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jacobite claim
historical political concept
pretender kingdom
rival royal claim
alternativeCapitalInExile Rome
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
assertsLegitimacyOver British throne
Hanoverian succession
associatedWithReligion High church Anglicanism
Roman Catholicism
basedOnDoctrine divine right of kings
hereditary right
claimedByDynasty exiled Stuart line
claimedByPerson Charles Edward Stuart
Henry Benedict Stuart
James Francis Edward Stuart
James II and VII
linked to: James II of England
countryClaimedBy House of Stuart
deFactoStatus unrecognized by the British state
deJureClaimedAs lawful monarchy of Great Britain
emergedAfterEvent Glorious Revolution
historicalContext post-Glorious Revolution period
legitimacyContestedBy Act of Settlement 1701
Bill of Rights 1689
British Parliament
opposedTo House of Hanover
Kingdom of Great Britain (Hanoverian monarchy)
peakActivityPeriod early 18th century
politicalIdeology Jacobitism
relatedConcept legitimist monarchy
relatedConflict Jacobite rising of 1689–1691
Jacobite rising of 1715
Jacobite rising of 1719
Jacobite rising of 1745
relatedToEntity Kingdom of England (Jacobite claim)
linked to: Kingdom of England

Kingdom of Scotland (Jacobite claim)
linked to: Kingdom of Scotland
successionPrinciple male-preference primogeniture in the House of Stuart
successorInTheory Jacobite succession
supportedBy French monarchy (Bourbons)
Irish Jacobites
linked to: Jacobite Irish Army

Jacobites
linked to: Jacobitism

Scottish Highland clans
Spanish monarchy (Bourbons)
symbolicCapital London
linked to: London, England
territorialScope England
Ireland (in Jacobite understanding)
Scotland
Wales
timePeriod late 17th century to 19th century

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Palazzo Muti linkedToMonarchy Kingdom of Great Britain (Jacobite claim)
Henry Benedict Stuart countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain (Jacobite claim)
Jacobite landing on Eriskay hasCause Jacobite claim to the British throne
linked to: Kingdom of Great Britain (Jacobite claim)
Duke of Cornwall (Jacobite) country Jacobite Britain
linked to: Kingdom of Great Britain (Jacobite claim)