44^ CORNWALL Duke of Albany(^) in Scotland, son of the King," cr. PRINCE OF WALES and EARL OF CHESTER, with rem. to his heirs, Kings of England. On 27 Mar. 1625 he ascended the throne as Charles I, when all his honours merged in the Crown. XV. 1629. Charles James (Stuart), DUKE OF CORNWALL, as also DUKE OF ROTHSAY, ^c. [S.], was, at his birth, entitled to the abovenamed dignities, being ist s. and h. ap. of Charles I, by Henrietta Maria, da. of Henry IV, King of France. He was b. 13 May 1629, at Greenwich,() and d. the same day, and was bur. as "Charles, Prince of Wales," the same or the following day in Westm. Abbey,('^) when his honours lapsed to the Crown. XVI. 1630 Charles (Stuart), DUKE OF CORNWALL, as also to DUKE OF ROTHSAY, &c. [S.], was, at his birth, 1649. entitled to the abovenamed dignities, being 2nd but (at his birth) ist surv. s. and h. ap. of Charles I, by Henrietta Maria, his wife, abovenamed. He was b. at St. James's Palace, Midx., 29 May, and bap. there 27 June 1630 (reg. at St. Martin's-in-the- Fields), the Queen Dowager of France (his grandmother), Louis XIII, King of France (his uncle), and Friedrich V, Elector Palatine (husband of Elizabeth, his father's sister), being sponsors. Nom. and inst. K.G., 21 May 1638. He was declared PRINCE OF WALES(^) and EARL OF CHESTER, but appears never to have been formally so created. He was, however, so recognised probably before Nov. 1641, and certainly before 3 Apr. 1646. By his father's judicial murder he became King of England, de jure, 30 Jan. 1648/9, and de facto, 29 May 1660, as Charles II, when all his honours merged in the Crown. XVII. 1688 James Francis Edward (Stuart), DUKE OF CORN- to WALL, as also DUKE OF ROTHSAY, &c. [S.], was, 1 702. at his birth, entitled to the abovenamed dignities, being 6th but (at his birth) ist surv. s. and h. ap. of King James II, being 2nd and yst. s. by his 2nd wife, Mary Beatrice Eleanora, da. of Alfonso (d'Este), Duke of Modena. He was b. at St. James's Palace, Midx., 10 June, and bap. 15 Oct. 1688, in the chapel there, the Queen (^) It should be noted that no mention is here made of the Dukedom of Roth- say [S.], to which, under the now received opinion, he was entitled. See post, p. 449, note "f." () See an article on the "Children of Charles I" in Her. and Gen., vol. iv, pp. 518-525, by its Editor, J. G. Nichols. (■=) An exhaustive note on this Prince's birth, baptism, and burial, is in Col. Chester's IFestm. Abbey Registers. {^) On his garter plate he is styled "Prince of Great Britain, Duke of Cornwall and Rothsay." See ante, p. 176, note "a," under "Chester," Earldom of [1641?].
