In addition to promoting the black and white propaganda, Sakara also brought in a very important person - John Stewart's half-brother, Alexander Stewart.
Because, Alexander Stewart is the only male in the direct bloodline of the Stuart Dynasty royal family. As for why it was not him who inherited the Duke of Albany? Because he is now a priest belonging to the church...
There is no Protestant Presbyterian Church in Scotland yet, and religion is still Catholic. Catholic priests cannot get married, which is equivalent to foreign monks. Therefore, he naturally cannot inherit the title of Duke of Albany.
Moreover, Alexander Stewart's mother was divorced by Alexander, the previous Duke of Albany in 1478, and her original marriage was declared illegal. Then, Alexander Stewart, who had the same name as her father, became a poor child that grandma did not love and uncle did not love.
However, the strange thing about this is that the Scottish royal family announced that the marriage between Alexander, Duke of Albany and his first wife, Ms. Catherine Sinclair, had expired, but did not declare Alexander an illegal illegitimate child...
Moreover, when Albany Duke Alexander failed to rebel and fled to France, he did not take Alexander Stewart with him, which was equivalent to giving up.
Then, Alexander Stewart stayed in Scotland. However, the child was also smart and knew that his uncle and cousin were unhappy. In order to survive, he became a Catholic priest. In this way, he lost the qualification to inherit the Duke of Albany and would not be targeted.
Sure enough, after becoming a foreign monk, James IV stopped targeting him. Moreover, out of concern for his cousins, he promoted him at the age of 31 to the dean of a monastery in a city called Dunbar near Edinburgh. In the future, he even planned to promote him to be a bishop (Scotland is a sovereign country, with much more power than Emperor Shenluo, and has a great say in the appointment of bishops in China). Of course, the bishop of Scotland is not worth much. Because the bishop of Scotland cannot become the head of a bishop like the bishop of Germany, and has no secular power.
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In other words, Alexander Stewart is now the only direct male heir of the Stuart dynasty. Although his mother was denied to be the legal Duchess of Albany, the Scottish royal family did not deny his identity as a royal child.
Moreover, according to European practice, although missionaries cannot easily return to secular life, if the family has no successors, His Majesty the Pope will also allow priests to return to secular life and inherit the title. For example, the Portuguese King Enrique I was licensed to return to secular life and became the last king of the Portuguese Aves dynasty with the Holy See. However, he was too old to leave behind his descendants when he died, and the Spanish Habsburg dynasty took the opportunity to send troops to occupy Portugal...
In other words, Alexander Stewart still had the possibility of returning to secular life and becoming the legal heir to the Kingdom of Scotland. For this reason, Sacarat sent people to Dunbar Cathedral, arrested Alexander Stewart, and kept it firmly in his hands.
However, in order not to over-stimulate the Scots, Sakala did not kill Alexander Stewart, but asked him to make a statement - unintentional return to secular life and succeed to the throne. Then, the only left-handed male heir of the Stuart dynasty was placed under house arrest by Sakala in the Edinburgh Cathedral, as a monastery who had lost his freedom...
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After Alexander Stewart, the only direct male member of the Stuart dynasty, announced that he would give up the right to inherit the Scottish throne, the Kingdom of Scotland lost the basis for restoration - there were no direct male member, how could it be restored?
Europe is not like the ancient Chinese, "will there be any kings, princes, generals and ministers besides the royal family to inherit the throne. Moreover, it must be direct descendants. If there is no male, let the grandson inherit the throne. However, the grandson inherits the throne will lead to changes in the royal surname, which is also the main model for the change of dynasties in Europe. Unlike China, dynasties are achieved through bloody wars...
In addition, in theory, there is a relative who can inherit the throne - James II's grandson, James Hamilton, Earl of Alan. As for the others, it is too far from the Stuart family, and it is not a turn.
However, this Earl of Alan, James Hamilton, who is theoretically qualified to inherit the Scottish throne, is now a prisoner in London.
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In fact, Edward is still hesitating now. What are hesitating about? He is hesitating whether to directly disclose the agreement signed with James IV to inherit the throne and inherit the Scottish throne based on this, or should he let James Hamilton, who was a captive, inherit the throne first and then force him to give way to himself...
The reason why I am so entangled is because Edward considered that if he directly brought up the agreement to inherit the throne with James IV, he would be suspected that he had planned to murder James IV. After all, you signed the inheritance agreement before and turned to James IV and was assassinated. Can others not doubt you?
For such considerations, Edward has not made this agreement public. If he first supports James Hamilton, Earl of Alan, who is a prisoner of war, to become the puppet King of Scotland, and then force Qixun to be in his own right, it would seem to be a little innocent...
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Of course, this was Edward's consideration. Saccarat, who had occupied Edinburgh, did not think so much. After Alexander, the only direct man in the Stuart family, publicly stated that he would give up the right to inherit the throne, he asked Prime Minister Alice to issue an announcement to the nationwide Scotland that there was no direct man in the Stuart dynasty who could inherit the throne...
Then, in the name of the Scottish Cabinet, Prime Minister Alice ordered the Scottish defenders in the south to lay down their weapons and stop resisting the "friendly" English troops. The reason was that the English troops came to investigate the real cause of the assassination of James IV, not the enemy...
Although this reason is untenable, many defenders in southern Scotland also knew that the royal family members were dead and Edinburgh fell. No matter how hard they resisted, it would be meaningless.
The most important thing is that with the fall of Edinburgh, in the future, the logistics supply of the Southern Scottish defenders will be cut off. Even if they can defend the defense line, they will starve to death due to the cut off of food and grass...
Therefore, except for a few deadly hard-working factions, most Scottish guards chose to put down their weapons and surrender to the English army on the southern border. The Scottish soldiers who chose to continue to resist were forced to escape into the mountains because of their weak power.
But no matter what, there was no army in Scotland that could resist the English army at this time. Even those deadly hard-working factions who fled into the mountains were very small.
Chapter completed!