Jacobite consorts Facts for Kids

Jacobite consorts were people married to a Jacobite pretender. A pretender was someone who claimed to be the rightful king or queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland. This happened after King James II left the throne in 1688. If the consort was a woman, Jacobites saw her as the true Queen Consort.

Since 1983, there has not been a Jacobite consort. The current person who could be a pretender, Franz, Duke of Bavaria, is not married. After 1807, the claim to the throne moved away from the House of Stuart family. None of the later Jacobite heirs have actually claimed the thrones. They also did not use the symbols of England and Scotland in their family crests.

Portrait	Name	Family	Birth	Marriage	Became consort	Stopped being consort	Death	Spouse
	Mary of Modena	Este	5 October 1658	30 September 1673	6 February 1685 Husband became King 11 December 1688 (England) / 11 May 1689 (Scotland) Husband became pretender	16 September 1701 Husband's death	7 May 1718	James II & VII
	Maria Clementina Sobieska	Sobieski	18 July 1702	3 September 1719		18 January 1735		James III & VIII
	Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern	Stolberg-Gedern	20 September 1752	28 March 1772		31 January 1788 Husband's death	29 January 1824	Charles III
	Maria Theresa of Austria-Este Queen of Sardinia	Austria-Este	1 November 1773	25 April 1789	6 October 1819 Husband became pretender	10 January 1824 Husband's death	29 March 1832	Victor
	Francis IV, Duke of Modena	Austria-Este	6 October 1779	20 June 1812	10 January 1824 Wife became pretender	15 September 1840 Wife's death	21 January 1846	Mary III & II
	Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria Duchess of Modena	Wittelsbach	19 March 1823	20 March 1842		20 November 1875 Husband's death	28 January 1914	Francis I
	Ludwig III of Bavaria	Wittelsbach	7 January 1845	20 February 1868	20 November 1875 Wife became pretender	3 February 1919 Wife's death	18 October 1921	Mary IV & III
	Princess Antonia of Luxembourg Crown Princess of Bavaria	Nassau-Weilburg	7 October 1899	7 April 1921		31 July 1954		Robert I & IV
-	Countess Maria Draskovich of Trakostjan Duchess of Bavaria	Drašković	8 March 1904	3 September 1930	2 August 1955 Husband became pretender	10 June 1969		Albert
-	Countess Marie-Jenke Keglevich of Buzin Duchess of Bavaria	Keglević of Buzin	23 April 1921	21 April 1971		5 October 1983		Albert
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Henry Benedict Stuart (who was a pretender from 1788 to 1807, known as Henry IX & I) never married. He was a Catholic priest, bishop, and cardinal. Franz, Duke of Bavaria (the current pretender since 1996, known as Francis II) is also not married.

Some wives died before their husbands became pretenders. This includes Marie Clotilde of France, who was married to Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (pretender from 1807 to 1819, as Charles IV). The same happened with Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria, the first wife of Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (Robert I & IV).

Jacobite consorts facts for kids

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