Who was Henry Benedict Maria Clement Thomas Francis Xavier Stuart?
Q: Who was Henry Benedict Maria Clement Thomas Francis Xavier Stuart?
A: Henry Benedict Maria Clement Thomas Francis Xavier Stuart was a Roman Catholic Cardinal, as well as the fourth and final Jacobite heir to publicly claim the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Q: What did Pope do when Charles Edward Stuart died in January 1788?
A: When Charles Edward Stuart died in January 1788, the Pope did not recognise Henry as the lawful ruler of England, Scotland and Ireland, but referred to him as the Cardinal Duke of York.
Q: What career did Henry have in the Roman Catholic Church?
A: Henry had a long career in the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church, rising to become the Dean of the College of Cardinals and Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia and Velletri.
Q: How was Henry best known when he was young?
A: When he was young, Henry's father made him Duke of York (in the Jacobite peerage), and that was how he was best known.
Q: How did Jacobites refer to him after his brother's death?
A: After his brother's death in 1788, Jacobites referred to him as Henry IX of England.
Q: How did Henry refer to himself publicly?
A: Publicly he referred to himself as Cardinal-Duke of York nuncupatus.
