Upon the succession of William and Mary a clear line of succession was drawn up
1) Children from the marriage of William and Mary
2) Children from Queen Mary II by another husband (had she survived her husband who was older and often ill)
3) Princess Anne
4) Children of princess Anne
5) Children of William III by a later wife
Thanks. So five possible scenarios in 1789 had fizzled down to unhealthy Anne in less than a dozen years.
If fate had been kinder, oh-so-fertile Anne might have had about 11 living children when her sister passed in 1694, but she only had one less-than-robust little boy. In such circumstances, it is a wonder that something like the Act of Settlement was not drawn up at the very start of William's solitary years on the throne.
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