In addition to reversing black and white propaganda, Saqqara also had a very important figure captured - John Brown. Stewart's half-brother, Alexander. Stewart.

Because, this Alexander. Stewart is the only male in the direct blood of the Stuart royal family. As for the successor to the Duke of Albany, why not him? Because he is now a clergyman of the church......

There is no Presbyterian Church in Scotland that is still Catholic. Catholic priests are not allowed to marry, which is equivalent to foreign monks. Therefore, he naturally cannot inherit the title of Duke of Albany.

And, Alexander. Stewart's mother was divorced in 1478 by Alexander, the previous Duke of Albany, and the original marriage was declared illegitimate. Then, Alexander with the same name as his father. Stewart became a poor child whose grandmother didn't hurt and his uncle didn't love.

However, the strange thing about this is that the Scottish royal family originally announced Alexander the Duke of Albany and his first wife Catherine. Ms. Sinclair's marriage was annulled, but Alexander was not declared illegitimate and illegal......

Moreover, when Alexander, Duke of Albany, failed to rebel and fled to France with his family, he did not take Alexander. Stewart took it with him, and he gave it up.

Then, Alexander. Stewart remained in Scotland. However, this kid is also smart and knows that his uncle and cousin are not happy with him. In order to survive, he directly became a Catholic priest. In this way, he will lose the eligibility to inherit the title of Duke of Albany, and he will not be targeted.

Sure enough, after this goods became a foreign monk, James IV did not target him. Moreover, out of concern for his cousins, he was promoted to abbot of a monastery in a city called Dunbar near Edinburgh at the age of 31. In the future, it is even intended to promote him to a bishop (Scotland is a sovereign state, much more powerful than the HRE emperor, and has a great say in the appointment of bishops in the country). Of course, the bishops of Scotland are not worth much. Because, the bishop of Scotland cannot be the head of a bishopric like the bishop of Germany, without secular power.

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That is, Alexander. Stewart is now the only male heir of the Stuart dynasty. Although his mother was denied the legal Duchess of Albany, the Scottish royal family did not deny his status as a royal child.

Moreover, according to European practice, although a missionary cannot easily return to the laity, if the family heir is extinct, His Majesty the Pope will also grant the priest the title of relegation. For example, King Enrique I of Portugal became the last king of the Aviš dynasty of Portugal with the permission of the Holy See when there were no other male heirs surviving from the Aviš dynasty. However, he was too old to leave an offspring. After his death, the Avese dynasty of Portugal became extinct, and the Spanish Habsburgs took the opportunity to send troops to occupy Portugal......

That is, Alexander. It is still possible that Stewart will become the rightful heir of the Kingdom of Scotland. For this reason, Saqara specially sent people to Dunbar's Cathedral and captured Alexander. Stewart, keep it firmly in your hands.

However, in order not to over-irritate the Scots, Saqqara did not kill Alexander. Stewart, but let him make a statement that he has no intention of returning to the throne. Then, the last remaining direct male heir of the Stuart dynasty was placed under house arrest by Saqqara in Edinburgh Cathedral, where he became an abbot who had lost his freedom......

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In Alexandria. After Stewart, the only direct male of the Stuart dynasty, announced that he would renounce the inheritance to the Scottish throne, the Kingdom of Scotland lost the basis for restoration - there are no direct male members, how to restore it?

Europe is not like ancient China, where "princes and princes will have a kind of peace", but must be descendants of the royal family to inherit the throne. Moreover, they must also be direct descendants. There was really no male left, so let his grandson inherit the throne. However, the succession of grandchildren to the throne will lead to a change in the royal family name, which is also the main mode of dynasty change in Europe. Unlike China, dynastic changes are achieved through bloody wars......

In addition, theoretically there is also a relative who can also inherit the throne - James II's grandson, James Earl of Alain. Hamilton. As for the rest, the relationship with the Stuart family is too far away, and it will not be the turn of the turn.

However, the Earl of Alain, who is theoretically eligible to inherit the Scottish throne, is not a good fellow. Hamilton is now a prisoner in London.

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In fact, Edward is still hesitating. What are you hesitating about? He hesitated whether to directly disclose the agreement signed with James IV on the mutual succession to the throne and inherit the Scottish throne on the basis of it, or to let the Earl of Alain, who was a captive, be the first to inherit the throne. Hamilton succeeded to the throne before forcing him to abdicate to himself......

The reason for this entanglement is that Edward considered that if he directly came up with the agreement signed with James IV to inherit the throne, he would be suspected of premeditating the murder of James IV. After all, you signed the succession agreement in front of you, and James IV was assassinated in the first place, can others not suspect you?

With this in mind, Edward was slow to make the agreement public. And if you first support James, Earl of Alain, who is a prisoner of war. Hamilton became the puppet king of Scotland, and then forced him to be inferior to himself, which seems to be more innocent......

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This, of course, was Edward's consideration. And Saqqara, who had already occupied Edinburgh, did not think so much. The only direct male in the Stuart family, Alexander. After Stewart publicly renounced the right to the throne, he asked Prime Minister Alex to make a national announcement to the nation that the Stuart dynasty had no direct male to inherit the throne......

Then, in the name of the Scottish Cabinet, Prime Minister Alex ordered the Scottish defenders in the south to lay down their arms and stop resisting the "friendly" English army. The reason is that the English army had come to investigate the real cause of the assassination of James IV, not the enemy army......

Although this reason is very untenable, many of the defending generals in southern Scotland are also well aware - the royal family is dead, Edinburgh has fallen, and there is no point in them resisting stubbornly.

And most importantly - with the fall of Edinburgh, in the future, the logistical supply of the southern Scottish defenders will also be cut off. Even if they could hold the line, they would starve to death because of the lack of food and grass......

So, with the exception of a few diehards, most of the Scottish defenders chose to lay down their arms and surrender to the English army on the southern border. And those Scottish soldiers who chose to continue to resist were forced to flee into the mountains to resist because of their weak strength.

But in any case, at this time in Scotland there was no army capable of resisting the great army of England. Even those die-hards who fled into the mountains were few in number.

Eventually, the English army, which had been feinting on the border, drove straight into the core of Scotland, and then began to occupy the whole of Scotland......