Cardinal York

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Cardinal York was Henry Benedict Stuart, the last legitimate male descendant of the House of Stuart and a Roman Catholic cardinal who became a key Jacobite pretender to the British throne.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cardinal York canonical 4
Cardinal Duke of York 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British prince
Jacobite pretender
Roman Catholic cardinal
human
alsoKnownAs Cardinal Duke of York
linked to: Cardinal York

Duke of York
Henry Benedict Stuart
Henry I of England, Scotland, France and Ireland
linked to: Henry I of England

Henry IX
birthDate 1725-03-06
birthName Henry Benedict Thomas Edward Maria Clement Francis Xavier Stuart
birthPlace Papal States
Rome
burialPlace St. Peter's Basilica
cardinalateDate 1747-07-03
claimToTitle King of England
King of France
King of Ireland
linked to: Lord of Ireland

King of Scotland
linked to: Scottish monarch
createdCardinalBy Pope Benedict XIV
deathDate 1807-07-13
deathPlace Frascati
Papal States
dynasticRole last legitimate male-line descendant of the House of Stuart
familyName Stuart
father James Francis Edward Stuart
givenName Henry
grandfather James II of England
James VII of Scotland
grandmother Mary of Modena
house House of Stuart
mother Maria Clementina Sobieska
nationality British
notableFor being the last serious Jacobite pretender to the British throne
his long tenure in the College of Cardinals
ordinationDate 1748-06-01
patron Pope Pius VI
Pope Pius VII
politicalMovement Jacobitism
positionHeld Bishop of Frascati
Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
Cardinal-bishop of Frascati
Dean of the College of Cardinals
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Frascati
Rome
sibling Bonnie Prince Charlie
Charles Edward Stuart
supportedBy Jacobites
linked to: Jacobitism

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Benedict Stuart alsoKnownAs Cardinal York
Cardinal York alsoKnownAs Cardinal Duke of York
linked to: Cardinal York
Henry IX (Jacobite) alsoKnownAs Cardinal York
Henry Benedict Stuart alsoKnownAs Cardinal York
subject linked to: Henry IX