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So, everyone knows that Clementina Sobieska birthed two sons to James III (Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1720 and the Cardinal-Duke of York in '25), what you may not know is that there were other pregnancies - 1722, 1723 and 1728. It's not recorded what the first two miscarriages ('22 and '23 were), but the 1728 miscarriage would've been a boy born sometime in 1729.

What if that boy had been born? How would this affect the Stuart future. Admittedly it would still be bleak, and with every passing year the chances of a restoration decreased dramatically, but if he were married to a princess or 'lady of noble birth' (as had been suggested by his paternal grandmother when his father was rooting around for a bride), and produced surviving male-line legitimate issue, what would the effects on European politics be?
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