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Pretender
Someone who claims to be rightful holder of a throne that is vacant or held by another / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A pretender is someone who claims to be the rightful ruler of a country although not recognized as such by the current government.[1] The term may often be used to either refer to a descendant of a deposed monarchy or a claim that is not legitimate.[2][3]
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In addition, it may also refer to that of a deposed monarch, a type of claimant referred to as head of a house.[4] In addition, it may also refer to a former monarchy.
Queen Anne popularized this word, using it to refer to her Roman Catholic half-brother James Francis Edward Stuart, the Jacobite heir, in an address to Parliament in 1708: "The French fleet sailed from Dunkirk ... with the Pretender on board."[5]
In 1807 the French Emperor Napoleon complained that the Almanach de Gotha continued to list German princes whom he had deposed.[6] This episode established that publication as the pre-eminent authority on the titles of deposed monarchs and nobility, many of which were restored in 1815 after the end of Napoleon's reign.