The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-25

escutcheon was set right by a patent
of legitimacy ratified by Act of Parlia-
ment and confirmed by the Pope. King
Henry's mother, Margaret, was the
granddaughter of the eldest son thus
legitimized, and she married Edmund
Tudor, who thus became the father of
King Henry VII, and brought what
was known as the Tudor strain of
blood into the reigning house of Eng
land
King Henry VII. was followed by his
son. King Henry VIII, and the latter
in turn was succeeded, first of all by
his son King Edward VI. then by
Bloody" Mary and thereafter by
Queen Elizabeth, who died unmarried.
The male Tudor line having thus be-
come extinct, the crown descended to
the heirs OF. King Henry Wis daugh-
ter Margaret, who had married King
James ". of Scotland. Queen Mar
garet Of Scotland became the grand
mother of Mary Queen Of Scots, and
was consequently great grandmother
of the latter's son, King James VI. of
Scotland, who. on the death of Queen
Eliza beth, succeeded to the throne of
England under the title of James l..
the crowns of England and Scotland
being for the first time united.
King James, who was the first of the
Stuart line on the throne of England
was followed by his son Charles. who
lost his head on the scaffold, and after
the death of Oliver Cromwell who gov
erned England, Scotland and Ireland
as a republic. the son of Charles I. be-
came King, being followed at his death
by his brother James. James, on be-
ing deposed. was succeeded first by his
daughter Mary, who was married to
William of Orange, and secondly by
his daughter Anne. who died without
leaving any surviving issue. King
James had a son, who, however, at the
time of the deposition of his father
was debarred from succession to the
throne in consequence of his profession
of the Catholic religion, and his two
sons in turn, who were known as the
young Pretender' and as Cardinal Of
York, were excluded from the success
ion on analogous grounds. both of them
dying without legitimate issue.
According to lineage and legitimate
descent, the crown should have de-
volved upon the descendants of Hen
rietta Stuart, Duchess of Orleans,
daughter of King Charles l. But. ow-
ing to their being members of the
Catholic Church they were excluded
from succession to the throne by what
is known as the Act of Settlement. The
descendants of this daughter of the
headless King Charles L are to-day
represented by Marie Theresa of Mo-
dena, Archduchess of Austria, and wife
Of Louis. Prince of Vavaria. heir pre-
sumptive to the throne of Bavaria
Owing to this exclusion, the crown of
Great Britain fell to a more remote off
shoot of the Stuart dynasty, namely.
the Protestant descendants of Eliza
beth, sister of King Charles l., who
married the King of Bohemia. This
King of Bohemia had a daughter by
his union with Elizabeth Stuart. who
bore the name of Sophia. and who mar
ried Ernest, Eleetor of Hanover, be-
coming the mother of George, who sue
ceeded to the crown of England under
the title of King George l., and like
wise to his fathers throne of Han
over King George was succeeded by
his son, George IL. and the latter by
his grandson, King George III. The
two elder sons of the latter. George "
and William ", having died without
leaving any legitimate issue. the crown
of England. of Scotland and of Ireland
devolved upon the only daughter of
George HIS fourth son, the Duke of
Kent, that daughter being Queen Vic