James Francis Edward “the Luckless,” his son, called the “Old Pretender,” was a mere cipher. His son, Charles, came to England to proclaim him king, but was defeated at Culloden, leaving 3000 dead on the field (1688-1765).
Charles Edward, the “Young Pretender,” was son of the “Old Pretender.” After the defeat of his adherents at Culloden he fled to France, was banished from that kingdom, and died at Rome (1720-1788).
Henry Benedict, Cardinal York, the last of the race, was a pensioner of George III.
Stuart of Italy (The Mary), Jane I. of Naples (1327, 1343-1382).
Jane married her cousin, Andrè of Hungary, who was assassinated two years after his marriage, when the widow married the assassin. So Mary Stuart married her cousin, Lord Darnley, 1565, who was murdered, 1567, and the widow married Bothwell, the assassin.
Jane fled to Provence, 1347, and was strangled in 1382. So Mary Stuart fled to England in 1568, and was put to death, 1587 (Old Style).
Jane, like Mary, was remarkable for her great beauty, her brilliant court, her voluptuousness, and the men of genius she drew around her; and, like Mary, she was also noted for her deplorable administration.
⁂ La Harpe wrote a tragedy called Jeanne de Naples (1765). Schiller made an adaptation of it (1821).
Stuarts’ Fatal Number (The). This number is 88.
James III. was killed in flight near Bannockburn, 1488.