Editing Jacobites

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'''Jacobites''' were members of a political faction advocating the restoration of the Catholic House of Stuart to the [[Great Britain|British throne]] after the [[Glorious Revolution]].<ref name="Jacobitism">{{WP|Jacobitism}}</ref>

When the pro Catholic [[James II of England]] chose exile after the 1688 Glorious Revolution, the Parliament of England ruled he had "abandoned" the English throne, which was given to his Protestant daughter [[Mary II of England]], and her husband [[William III of England|William III]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' - Timeline: 1688</ref> The followers of the exiled king were known as Jacobites.<ref name="Jacobitism"/>

After the [[War of Spanish Succession]] and the accession of the throne of the Hanoverian House in 1714, the Jacobites began to revolt in Great Britain.<ref name="The Observatory">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' - [[The Observatory]]</ref> The allegiance of the officials was questioned, like for the governor of [[Bahamas]] [[Woodes Rogers]] who was suspected to have ties with the Jacobites while in fact he was a member of the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' - [[Commodore Eighty-Sixed]]</ref> His [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[Laureano de Torres y Ayala]] tasked him to collect in [[Isu]] [[Blood vials|vials]] the blood of the Parliament members and ministers, covering it as a pledge of fealty to the king against the Jacobites.<ref name="The Observatory"/>

==Appearence==
*''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' {{Mo}}

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