Jacobite line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones in 1714 Jacobite line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones in 1714 The following is the Jacobite line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones as of the death of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, on 1 August 1714. It reflects the laws current in England and Scotland immediately before the Act of Settlement 1701, which disqualified Catholics from the throne. Queen Anne of Great Britain was the last monarch of the House of Stuart which had succeeded the House of Tudor with the death of Elizabeth I. All of Anne's children died before age 12, resulting in a
Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain Philip, and the youngest succeeded as Philip III. Anna was also described as a good stepmother to Philip's daughters Isabella Clara Eugenia and Catherine Michelle, In 1580 she was in Badajoz, where the court was briefly based because of Philip II's claim to the Portuguese throne. She died there, eight months after giving birth to her last child, Maria, who outlived her mother by less than three years. She was initially buried in Badajoz, but her body was transferred to El Escorial. Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain Anna of Austria (2 November 1549 – 26 October 1580) was Queen