pretender

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A claimant to an abolished or already occupied throne
A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold
{n} one who pretends or lays claim
a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
{i} one who puts up a false appearance, one who feigns; impersonator; one who asserts, claimant; one who claims succession to the crown
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
One who pretends, simulates, or feigns
One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant
the son or the grandson of James II
A pretender to a position is someone who claims the right to that position, and whose claim is disputed by others. the Comte de Paris, pretender to the French throne. someone who claims to have a right to be king, leader etc, when this is not accepted by many people pretender to
The pretender Eng
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a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold
the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law
Old Pretender
Stuart, James Edward
Young Pretender
another name for Bonnie Prince Charlie
pretenders
plural of pretender
the Old Pretender James Edward
orig. James Francis Edward Stuart born June 10, 1688, London, Eng. died Jan. 1, 1766, Rome, Papal States Claimant to the English and Scottish thrones. Son of the exiled James II of England, he was raised in France as a Catholic. On the death of his father (1701), he was proclaimed king of England by the French king Louis XIV, but the English Parliament passed a bill of attainder against him. He served with the French army in the War of the Spanish Succession. In the Jacobite uprising (1715), James landed in Scotland, but within two months the uprising collapsed and he returned to France. He lived thereafter in Rome under the pope's patronage. He became known as the "Old Pretender" to distinguish him from his son, Charles Edward, the Young Pretender
the Young Pretender Charles Edward
orig. Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir Stuart known as Bonnie Prince Charlie born Dec. 31, 1720, Rome died Jan. 31, 1788, Rome Claimant to the British throne. He was the son of the royal pretender James Edward and grandson of the exiled James II of England. Seeking to regain the throne, in 1745 the "Young Pretender" landed in Scotland, where he raised an army of 2,400 among the clans. After taking Edinburgh and routing the English at Prestonpans, he crossed the English border and reached Derby, but a lack of strong support from the Jacobites and the French forced his retreat into Scotland. He was decisively defeated at the Battle of Culloden (1746) and, aided by Flora Macdonald (1722-90) and disguised as her maid, escaped to France. He wandered about Europe trying to revive his cause, but his debauched behaviour alienated his friends. He settled in Italy in 1766. He later became romanticized in ballads and legends
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