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:eek:I'm gonna ask a really dumb question. What were the crown's succession rules in Stuart England?

At the point of the Glorious Revolution, England had already had four queens regnant (if you count Matilda and Jane). But what I'm unsure of is, Mary I became queen by default on Edward's death, just as Elizabeth did on hers. There were no male line male cousins.

My question calls for a surviving duke of Gloucester - Henry of Oatlands - and for him to maybe have a kid or two. Would Mary II still have become queen ahead of Henry? Though, bear in mind, Charles I's last words to his son were that "thou must not be king whilst your brothers Charles and James do live".

Do, they then take Mary (married to a foreigner) or Henry (who's in England, born and bred).
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