Ko Sophia he mokopuna o James VI me ahau i roto i tona tamahine matamua, Elizabeth Stuart, te tuahine o Charles I. Na, ka mate a Anne i roto i te 1714 (iti iho i te rua marama i muri i te matenga o Sophia), ka whai wāhi ia e George ahau, tama a Sophia, te Elector o Hanover me te whanaunga tuarua o Anne. I mohiotia te tama a James Edward Francis James hei kingi i te matenga o tona papa e Louis XIV o France me te toenga o nga kaitautoko o James (i muri i mohiotia hei Jacobites) "James III".
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