Who was George I's half-brother?
James Francis Edward Stuart
William of Orange
Richard Cromwell
George II
Answer
James Francis Edward Stuart, George I's half-brother, was the son of James II and Mary of Modena, hence known as the "Old Pretender" or the "Chevalier de St. George." Following the Glorious Revolution, which deposed their father in favor of William and Mary, James Francis became a Jacobite figurehead, leading two unsuccessful uprisings to reclaim the British throne.
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