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Succession Crisis

England · House / House of Stewart. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1700Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1700

Anne30 July 1700

London · House / House of Stewart

The death of her son Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, leaves Anne without a surviving direct heir.

Anne Stewart30 July 1700

London · House / House of Stewart

The death of Prince William of Gloucester leaves Anne without a surviving child and makes a new succession settlement urgent.

Names involved

AnneAnne Stewart

Provenance

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