Title
Le Pretendant
Description
This French engraving shows King Louis XIV of France acknowledging James VIII & III as king of England. Louis supported the exiled Stuarts both for reasons of pragmatism and principle. A Jacobite revolt would have crippled Britain's ability to fight France on the European mainland, while also restoring a fellow royal family to their divinely-ordained rights.
UUID
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