Act of Settlement 1701
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title:
Act of Settlement 1701
text:
The Act of Settlement is an act of the Parliament of England that settled the succession to the English and Irish crowns to only Protestants, which passed in 1701. More specifically, anyone who became a Roman Catholic, or who married one, became disqualified to inherit the throne. This had the effect of deposing the remaining descendants of Charles I, other than his Protestant granddaughter Anne, as the next Protestant in line to the throne was Sophia of Hanover. Born into the House of Wittelsba
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description:
United Kingdom law disqualifying Catholic monarchs
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Settlement_1701
date created:
2002-02-12T04:48:18Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T18:28:18Z
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