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One thing that has always interested me about the House of Stuart, apart from their stubborn devotion to Catholicism, as well as most of their rulers beliefs in the divine right of Kings, in the french model, is their fate following the restoration of 1660.

Now, it was a joyous time, Charles II was a good ruler, but he had no legitimate children, and his Catholic brother James succeeded him onto the throne in 1685,bringing about the Glorious Revolution, and if I can be quite frank the dismal Parliamentary system we have today here in the UK.

Now, Charles and James had a younger brother named Henry, who was created DUke of Gloucester and Earl of Cambridge upon the restoration, but he died later on that year from small pox.

What I am wondering is, what would've happened if instead of the small pox claiming him, it either claims Charles or James, leaving Henry alive as the heir apparent for a time.
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