The House of Stuart, also spelled Stewart, was a royal house of the Kingdom of Scotland, later also of the Kingdom of England, and finally of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
The House of Stuart ruled the Kingdom of Scotland for 336 years, between 1371 and 1707. Elizabeth I of England's closest heir was King James VI of Scotland via her grandfather King Henry VII of England, who was founder of the House of Tudor dynasty. At Elizabeth's death, James Stuart ascended the thrones of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Ireland and inherited the empty English claims to the French throne. From 1603, the Stuarts styled themselves "Kings/Queens of Great Britain", though there was no parliamentary union until the reign of Queen Anne, the last monarch of the House of Stuart. The Stuarts were followed by the House of Hanover, under the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701. However, a Stuart uprising spearheaded by "Bonnie Prince Charlie", grandson of the deposed James II of England, made progress in Scotland in the 1740s before being defeated by a pro-Hanover British Army.
Members of the House of Stuart[]
- Mary I of Scotland
- James I of England and VI of Scotland
- Charles I of England
- Charles II of England
- Mary II of England
House of Stuart in Atlantis[]
Under the House of Stuart and King Charles II, the governments of England and the Netherlands unified to send a fleet which destroyed the pirate stronghold in Avalon.
For a time, the largest city in Atlantis was named Stuart. However, the town's name was later changed to Hanover when the British reigning dynasty changed.
House of Stuart in A Different Flesh[]
The kings of the House of Stuart played an important role in the English colonisation of North America. The first permanent English settlement was named Jamestown in honour of King James I of England.
A generation later, James' son Charles I imposed the Divine Right of Kings model upon the country. This prompted a mass migration of dissenters to the colonies, and set the stage for the eventual founding of the Federated Commonwealths of America.
Literary comment[]
Charles' role in the story is speculative, as he isn't named in the text. Based on what we know of him in OTL, and the nature of the point of divergence, he is the most likely candidate for the relevant king in the story.
House of Stuart in Ruled Britannia[]
When Spain conquered England in 1588, Spanish troops were deployed at the border with Scotland but did not try to cross it. Still, relations between Protestant Scotland and Catholic Spain were strained, and the Stuart King James VI, unwilling to put himself in the Spaniards' power, took care never to visit London. Therefore, the Scottish embassy in London was unused, and became a convenient rendezvous location for Spanish officials engaged in illicit pleasures.
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