Draft:Edict of Roxburgh
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The Edict of Roxburgh drafted in 1450 and proclaimed the following year by King James II of Scotland to safeguard Scottish independence and insure the survival of an independent Scottish ruling dynasty.
The edict granted unto all legitimate descendants of the king the station of Prince of Blood of Scotland, styled off of the French station of "Prince du sang". However it was not exactly the same function as in France, Scottish Princes of the blood were not limited to be solely agnates of the House of Stewart and was passed down to all children of the first Prince who held a title of nobility, this excluded however any English Peer. Scottish Princes of the Blood were to be all legitimate descendants of James II of Scotland. The rights and privileges accorded to them where plentiful, a right to apartments at court, the right to seat on the council, but most importantly the right to succession. If the direct male line of succession of the King was to die out and Princesses with a senior claim where married to foreign monarchs or their heirs the Princes of Blood had the legal right to call parliament and elect a new monarch from the pool of available Princelings with favour being given to the most senior Prince of blood.
Subsequently the title was bestowed to other descendants of future monarchs on occasion but was not an automatic right.
With the Act of union of 1707 the peerage of Scotland was kept but the station of Prince of Blood was never mentioned as such the current title is still legally valid despite it no longer being granted to children of the monarch.
To this day the Princes of Blood count 13 families and 78 individuel members:
The Earls of Morton
The House of Rohan
The House of Saint-George des Loires
The House of Notta
The House of Altrois
The House of Silva
The Duke of Gandia
The House of Ursel
References
[edit]1.Private archives of the House of Notta
2.Private archives of Hollyrood Palace
3.Private archives of the Dukes of Hamilton