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Henry Benedict Thomas Edward Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York 1725–1807 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 March 1725

Birth Location: Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy

Death Date: 13 July 1807

Death Location: Vatican City

Father: James Pretender”

Mother: Maria Ireland

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In 1725, Henry Benedict Thomas Edward Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York entered the world in Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy, born to James Francis Edward Stuart Prince Of Wales Old Pretender And Maria Klementyna Sobieska Queen Of England Scotland And Ireland. Henry Benedict Thomas Edward Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York passed away in 1807 in Vatican City.

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  • In 1725, Henry Benedict Thomas Edward Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York entered the world in Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy, born to James Francis Edward Stuart Prince Of Wales Old Pretender And Maria Klementyna Sobieska Queen Of England Scotland And Ireland.
  • Henry Benedict Thomas Edward Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York passed away in 1807 in Vatican City.

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Henry York's Ancestors

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Henry York
1725–1807
Birth Place: Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy
Parents
James Francis Edward Stuart Prince of Wales “Old Pretender”
1688–1766
Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
Maria (Klementyna Sobieska, Queen of England, Scotland and) Ireland
1702–1735
Ohlau, Slask (Silesia), Holy Roman Empire (Poland)
Grandparents
James (Stuart, prince son of King Charles I of England, Duke of York, King James II of England and Ireland, King James VII of Scotland exiled,) Jacobite
1633–1701
Saint James Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England
Mary (Beatrice Anna Margherita Isabella d'Este,\ of Modena, Duchess of York, Queen consort of England, Scotland and) Ireland
1658–1718
Modena, Provincia di Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Great-Grandparents
Charles executed
1600–1649
Henrietta England
1609–1669
2nd-Great-Grandparents
King England
1566–1625
Anne Oldenburg
1574–1619
Henry IV
1553–1610
Lady Navarre
1573–1642

Henry York's Timeline

2 Records

1725
6 March 1725
Birth of Henry Benedict Thomas Edward Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York in Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy
Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy
1807
13 July 1807
Age 82
Death of Henry Benedict Thomas Edward Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York in Città Del Vaticano, Roma, Lazio, Italy
Città Del Vaticano, Roma, Lazio, Italy

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 March 1725
    Event Place: Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 July 1807
    Event Place: Città Del Vaticano, Roma, Lazio, Italy
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Vatican City
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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