Maria Clementina Sobieska, titular queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland by marriage to James Francis Edward Stuart, a Jacobite claimant to the thrones of the British Isles

1702 - 1735  (32 years)

• Name	Maria Clementina Sobieska
  Suffix	titular queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland by marriage to James Francis Edward Stuart, a Jacobite claimant to the thrones of the British Isles
  Birth	18 July 1702	O?awa, Poland
  Gender	Female
  Name	18 Jul 1702 (0 years)
  	born Maria Klementyna Sobieska, on 18 July 1702 in O?awa (Ohlau), Silesia, in Poland. Her parents were Prince Jakub Ludwik Sobieski (1667–1737), the eldest son of the Polish King Jan III Sobieski, and Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg (1673–1722). Jan III Sobieski was famous for his victorious Battle of Vienna against the Ottoman Turks on 12 September 1683
  Legal,Law,Arrest	1719 (16 years)
  	Being one of Europe's wealthiest heiresses from inheriting vast estates in Poland from her paternal grandfather, she was betrothed to James, Prince of Wales, the exiled son of James II and VII. King George I of Great Britain was opposed to the marriage because he feared that the union might produce heirs to James Francis Edward's claim to his thrones. To placate him, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (Maria Clementina's own maternal first cousin) had her arrested while on her way to Italy to marry James Francis Edward. She was confined in Innsbruck Castle but eventually the guards were deceived and, with the help of Charles Wogan, Maria Clementina escaped to Bologna, where, for safety from further intrusions, she was married by proxy to James, who was in Spain at that time.[2][3] Maria Clementina's father approved her escape, declaring that, as she became engaged to James Francis Edward, she ought to "follow his fortune and his cause".
  Married	3 Sep 1719 (17 years)
  	Maria Clementina and Prince James were formally married on 3 September 1719 in the chapel of the episcopal palace of Montefiascone, Italy, in the Cathedral of Santa Margherita
  Residence	3 Sep 1719 (17 years)	Palazzo Muti, Rome, Papal States, Italy
  	Following their marriage, James and Maria Clementina were invited to reside in Rome at the special request of Pope Clement XI, who acknowledged them as the king and queen of England, Scotland and Ireland. The Pope provided them with a papal guard of troops and gave them the Palazzo Muti in the Piazza dei Santi Apostoli in Rome to live in, as well as a country villa at Albano
  Death	18 Jan 1735	Palazzo Muti, Rome, Papal States, Italy
  Person ID	I14292	AHP
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family	James Francis Edward Stuart, House of Stuart,   b. 10 Jun 1688, St James's Palace, London d. 1 Jan 1766, Palazzo Muti, Rome, Papal States, Italy (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	3 Sep 1719
  Age at Marriage	She : 17 years and 2 months - He : 31 years and 3 months.
  Children	1. Charles Edward Louis Philip John Casimir Stuart,   b. 31 December 1720   d. 31 Jan 1788 (Age 67 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. Henry Benedict Maria Clement Thomas Francis Xavier Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York,   b. 11 Mar 1725   d. 13 July 1807 (Age 82 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F4072	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2025