Bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa a shekara ta 1702, James ya sami nasara a matsayin sarki na Faransa da kuma sauran magoya bayan James (daga baya aka sani da Jacobites) "James III". Ya jagoranci wani dan uwan Jamus, Sophia, Electess of Hanover, da kuma ga 'yan Protestant. Sophia shi ne jikan James VI da I ta wurin' yarsa mafi girma, Elizabeth Stuart, 'yar'uwar Charles I. Saboda haka, lokacin da Anne ya mutu a 1714 (kasa da watanni biyu bayan mutuwar Sophia), George I ya gaje ta, dan Sophia, Elector of Hanover da kuma Anne na biyu dan uwansa. An gane James Edward Francis a matsayin sarki a lokacin mutuwar mahaifinsa ta Louis XIV na Faransa da sauran magoya bayan James (daga baya aka sani da Jacobites) "James III". Ya jagoranci wani dan uwan Jamus, Sophia, Electress of Hanover, da kuma ga magadawan Protestant. Sophia shi ne jikan James VI da na farko ta hanyar 'yarsa mafi girma, Elizabeth Stuart, 'yar'uwar Charles I.
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