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Who continued the Jacobite succession after James's death?

  • Queen Anne

  • Prince Frederick

  • Charles Edward Stuart

  • Lady Jane Grey

Answer

Charles Edward Stuart, also known as the "Young Pretender", continued the Jacobite succession after James's death. He was James Francis Edward Stuart's son, who was the exiled Catholic half-brother of Queen Anne. Charles Edward Stuart led two Jacobite rebellions in Scotland in 1715 and 1745 to reclaim the British throne for his father and himself.
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