House of Stuart

The **House of Stewart**, or **Stuart**, is a royal house of Scotland and England.
The Tudor dynasty ended when Queen Elizabeth I died in 1603. She named her cousin James I as heir. He became James I of England, and started the Stuart dynasty.

## List of monarchs

Here are the rulers of the Stuart dynasty:

### Scotland

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|align="center"|align="center"|Robert II of Scotland|22 February 1371|19 April 1390|nephew of David II of Scotland who died without any children. Robert's mother Marjorie Bruce was daughter of Robert I of Scotland.||||||
|align="center"|align="center"|Robert III of Scotland|19 April 1390|4 April 1406|son of Robert II of Scotland.||||||
|align="center"|align="center"|James I of Scotland|4 April 1406|21 February 1437|son of Robert III of Scotland.||||||
|align="center"|align="center"|James II of Scotland|21 February 1437|3 August 1460|son of James I of Scotland.||||||
|align="center"|align="center"|James III of Scotland|3 August 1460|11 June 1488|son of James II of Scotland.||||||
|align="center"|align="center"|James IV of Scotland|11 June 1488|9 September 1513|son of James III of Scotland.||||||
|align="center"|align="center"|James V of Scotland|9 September 1513|14 December 1542|son of James IV of Scotland.||||||
|align="center"|align="center"|Mary I of Scotland|14 December 1542|24 July 1567|daughter of James V of Scotland.||||||

### Great Britain and Ireland

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|align="center"|align="center"|James VI of Scotland and James I of England||align="center"|24 July 1567 and 24 March 1603||align="center"|27 March 1625||son of Mary, Queen of Scots and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. King of Scotland alone, 1567—1603, until inheriting the titles King of England and Ireland.|||||||||
|align="center"|align="center"|Charles I of England, Scotland & Ireland|27 March 1625|30 January 1649 (executed)|son of James VI of Scotland & I of England & Ireland.||||||
|align="center"|align="center"|Charles II of England, Scotland & Ireland|30 January 1649|6 February 1685|son of Charles I of England, Scotland & Ireland. In exile from 1651 to 1660, during a republican period of government known as the Commonwealth of England.||||||
|align="center"|align="center"|James VII of Scotland and James II of England and Ireland||align="center"|6 February 1685||align="center"|13 February 1689||brother of Charles II of England, Scotland & Ireland, who died with no legitimate children. Son of Charles I. Overthrown at the Revolution of 1688.|||||||||
|align="center"|align="center"|Mary II of England, Scotland and Ireland|13 February 1689|28 December 1694|daughter of James II of England and Ireland & VII of Scotland, who was still alive and pretending to the throne. Co-monarch was William III & II who outlived his wife.||||||
|align="center"|align="center"|Anne of Great Britain and Ireland|8 March 1702|1 May 1707|sister of Mary II, daughter of James II of England and Ireland & VII of Scotland. Name of state changed to Great Britain with the political Acts of Union 1707, though family has used title since James I & VI. Died issueless, rights pass to House of Hanover.||||||