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So, this is something I've been pondering alongside a great many other things recently.

Queen Anne who reigned from 1702, to her death in 1714, had a great many children from her husband George, Duke of Cumberland, but these children either died young or were stillborn, this consequently led to the Act of Settlement which removed up to 50 Catholics from the succession and placed Sophia of Hanover as Anne's heir.

Now, my query is this, if the following of Anne's children survive, what might the knock on effects be? This is assuming the following are born healthy, with minimal illness or disability:

Mary (b. 1685)
Anne Sophia (b. 1686)
William/Robert/ Alexander or Edward otl a stillborn son (b. 1687)
George (b. 1692)

Now with two sons and two daughters surviving onto when she ascends the throne, in 1702, what changes here? Would the Act of Settlement be avoided? Who might her respective children marry? What does this mean for any Jacobite rebellion efforts?
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