Original sentence: Elizabeth is the direct descendant and heir of James I of England (under whose authority the settlement was founded and after whom it was named), as well as of George III of the United Kingdom (who lost the same territory nearly two hundred years after its settlement)
Edited sentence: Elizabeth is not only direct descendant of James I of England, the settlement's namesake, but also the direct descendant of George III of the United Kingdom, under whose reign Great Britain lost the same territory in the American War of Independence