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CORNWALL. 371 DUKE OF ROTHSAY, &c. [S.] He was 3rd but 1st surv. a. and h, o{ King James I (James VI [S.]), by Anno, da. of Frederick II, Kraa op Denmark, and was ft. 19 Nov. 1600, at Dunfermline, and was at his baptism, 23 Dec. 1600, cr. DUKE OF ALBANY, MARQUESS OF ORMOND, EARL OF ROSS, and LOUD ARD- MANNOCH [S.] On 6 Jan. 1604/5, he was cr., in presence of the Privy Counsel, DUKE OF YORK, being, at the same time (with several others so as to celebrate that creation), made X.B.(») He was el. K.G., 24 April and inst. 13 May 1611. Having, 6 Nov. 1612, become the h. ap. of the Realm (as abovementioued), he was, 4 Nov. 161 1), under the designation of "Charles, Prince of Great Britain, Duke of Cornwall and York, and Duke of Albany( b ) in Scotland, son of the King," cr. Prince of Wales and EARL OF CHESTER, with rem. to his heirs, Kings of England. On 27 March 162S he ascended the throne as Charles I, when all his honours merged in the Crown. XVI. 1629. Charles James (Stuart), DUKE OF COENWALL, as also DUKE OF ROTHSAY, &o. [S.], was, at his birth, entitled to the aboveuamed dignities, being 1st s. and h. ap. of King Charles II, by Henrietta Maria, da. of Henry IV, Kino of France. He was ft. 13 May 1639, at, Greenwich,( e ) and d. the same day, and was bur. as " Charles, Prince of Wales," the same or the following day at Westm. Abbey,( d ) when the Dulccdom lapsed to the Crovm. XVII. 1630, Charles (Stuart), DUKE OF COENWALL, as also to DUKE OF ROTHSAY, &e. [8.1, was, at his birth, entitled to the 1649. abovenamed dignities, being 2nd but (at his birth) 1st surv. s. and h. ap. of King Charles II, by Henrietta Maria, his wife above- named. He was b. 29 May 1630, at St. James' Palace, Midx., and was bap. there '27 June, and reg. at St. Martiu's-in-the-Fields, the Queen Dow. of France (his grandmother), Louis X1IT, King of France (his uncle), and Frederick V, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (husband to Elizabeth, his father's sister), being sponsors. El. and inst. KG., 21 May 1638. He was declared Prince of Wales( c ) and EARL OF CHESTER, but appears never to have been formally created. He was, however, so recognised probably before Nov. 1641, and certainly before 3 April 1646. By his father's judicial murder he became King of England, de jure, 30 Jan. 1648/9. and d< facto, 29 May 1660, as Charles II, when all his honours merged in the Cvown. XVIII. 16 8 James Francis Edward (Stuart), DUKE OF COBN- to WALL, as also DUKE OF ROTHSAY, ice. [S.l was, at his birth, 1702. entitled to the abovenamed dignities, being 6th but (at his birth) 1st surv. a. and h. ap. of King James II, his 2nd and yst s. by his 2nd wife, Mary Beatrice Eleanora, da. of Alphonso (D'Estb), Duke ok Modena. He was 6. 10 June 1688, at St James' Palace, Midx. He was, in the Gazette of 4 July and again at his baptism, styled Prince of Wales, and (by consequence would thus be considered) EARL OF CHESTER. He was bap. in the Chapel of St. James' Palace, 15 Oct. 1688, the Queen Dowager and the Pope (represented by his Nuncio) being sponsors. On 11 Dec. following his father was declared (by Act of Pari. 2 Feb. 1689/90) to have abdicated the throne, but was, as ( tt ) See, ante, p. 369, note "c." ( b ) Observe no mention is here made of the Dukedom of Rothsay [S.], to which, under the now received opinion, he was entitled. See infra, p. 373, note " f." ( c ) See an article on the " Children of Charles I " in " Her. and Gen.," Vol. iv, pp. 518-525, by its accomplished Editor, J. G. Nichols. ( d ) An exhaustive note on this Prince's birth, baptism, and burial, is in Col. Chester's " Westm. Abbey Registers." (°) On his garter plate he is styled " Prince of Great Britain, Duke of Cornwall and Rothsay." Seo, ante, p. 230, note "a," under " Chester," Earldom of, 1641 ? 2 A*