_Modena Family_ (Vol. ii., p. 266.).--Victor Amadeus III., King of
Sardinia, died in October, 1796. Mary Beatrice, Duchess of Modena, mother
of the present Duke of Modena, was the daughter of Victor Emmanuel V., King
of Sardinia, who abdicated his throne in 1821, and died 10th January, 1824.
The present Duke of Modena is the direct heir of the house of Stuart in the
following line:--
All the legitimate issue of Charles II. and James II. being extinct, we
fall back upon Henrietta Maria, youngest child of Charles I. She married
her cousin Philip, Duke of Orleans, brother of Louis XIV., and by him had
three children. Two died without issue: the youngest, Anna Maria, b. Aug.
1669, mar. Victor Amadeus II., Duke of Savoy, and had by him three
children, one son and two daughters.
The son, Charles Emmanuel III., Duke of {411} Savoy, married and had Victor
Amadeus III., who married Maria Antoinette of Spain, and had:--1. Charles
Emmanuel IV., who died without issue, and 2. Victor Emmanuel V., who
married an Austrian Archduchess; his eldest daughter married Francis IV.
Duke of Modena. She died between A.D. 1841-1846, I believe, and left four
children:--1. Francis V., Duke of Modena. 2. The wife of Henri, Comte de
Chambord. 3. Ferdinand. 4. Marie, wife of Don Juan, brother of the present
de jure King of Spain, Carlos VI.