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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Jacobite claim to the British throne 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Jacobite claim
historical political concept
pretender kingdom
rival royal claim
alternativeCapitalInExile Rome NERFINISHED
Saint-Germain-en-Laye NERFINISHED
assertsLegitimacyOver British throne NERFINISHED
Hanoverian succession NERFINISHED
associatedWithReligion High church Anglicanism
Roman Catholicism
basedOnDoctrine divine right of kings
hereditary right
claimedByDynasty exiled Stuart line
claimedByPerson Charles Edward Stuart NERFINISHED
Henry Benedict Stuart NERFINISHED
James Francis Edward Stuart NERFINISHED
James II and VII NERFINISHED
countryClaimedBy House of Stuart NERFINISHED
deFactoStatus unrecognized by the British state
deJureClaimedAs lawful monarchy of Great Britain
emergedAfterEvent Glorious Revolution NERFINISHED
historicalContext post-Glorious Revolution period
legitimacyContestedBy Act of Settlement 1701 NERFINISHED
Bill of Rights 1689 NERFINISHED
British Parliament NERFINISHED
opposedTo House of Hanover NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Great Britain (Hanoverian monarchy) NERFINISHED
peakActivityPeriod early 18th century
politicalIdeology Jacobitism NERFINISHED
relatedConcept legitimist monarchy
relatedConflict Jacobite rising of 1689–1691 NERFINISHED
Jacobite rising of 1715 NERFINISHED
Jacobite rising of 1719 NERFINISHED
Jacobite rising of 1745 NERFINISHED
relatedToEntity Kingdom of England (Jacobite claim) NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Scotland (Jacobite claim) NERFINISHED
successionPrinciple male-preference primogeniture in the House of Stuart
successorInTheory Jacobite succession NERFINISHED
supportedBy French monarchy (Bourbons) NERFINISHED
Irish Jacobites NERFINISHED
Jacobites NERFINISHED
Scottish Highland clans
Spanish monarchy (Bourbons) NERFINISHED
symbolicCapital London NERFINISHED
territorialScope England NERFINISHED
Ireland (in Jacobite understanding) NERFINISHED
Scotland NERFINISHED
Wales NERFINISHED
timePeriod late 17th century to 19th century

Referenced by (3)

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Henry Benedict Stuart countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain (Jacobite claim)
Jacobite landing on Eriskay hasCause Kingdom of Great Britain (Jacobite claim)
this entity surface form: Jacobite claim to the British throne
Palazzo Muti, Rome, Papal States linkedToMonarchy Kingdom of Great Britain (Jacobite claim)
subject surface form: Palazzo Muti