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The following is the Jacobite line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones as of the death of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, on 1 August 1714. It reflects the laws current in England and Scotland immediately before the Act of Settlement 1701, which disqualified Catholics from the throne.[1]

  1. ^ A. C. Addington, The Royal House of Stuart, vols. 1–3 (London: Charles Skilton Ltd, 1966–1976)

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