Jacobite

A Jacobite is a follower of someone named Jacob or James, from the Latin Jācōbus. Jacobite or Jacobitism may refer to:

Religion

Stuart succession

Jacobite succession is the line through which the British crown in pretence of the Stuart kingship has descended since 1688

  • Followers of Jacobitism, the political movement to resurrect the Stuart line, 1688–1780s
  • Jacobite consorts, those who were married to Jacobite pretenders since 1688
  • Jacobite Peerage, peers and baronetcies granted by Jacobite claimants since 1688
  • Neo-Jacobite Revival, political movement aimed at reviving Jacobite ambitions, 1886-1914
  • Royal Stuart Society, organization related to furthering the Jacobite succession to the English throne, 1926–present
  • Scottish Jacobite Party, political party which distanced itself from Jacobitism's monarchist origins, 2005–2011
  • Jacobite Gold, 1745 shipment of Spanish gold to Scotland, rumoured to still be hidden at Loch Arkaig

Other

Music

See also

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