Re: Carrot Tops

[Niven Sinclair <niven@niven.co.uk>]

At 10:12 07/04/00 -0400, you wrote:
> Dear Niven,
>
> Aha! That might confirm my family's lore about having been descended from
> James II. I did not know about the red hair. Well, well, well, I will
> have to 
> start demanding royal treatment around here. It could very possibly be a
> recessive gene then. Wouldn't that be something?
>
> There is a story that James' queen had a baby brought to her in a
> bed-warming 
> pan. From what I've read, it was just a rumor to further destroy the
> Stuart 
> claim to the throne. Could it have been true?? Could the child, Bonnie
> Prince 
> Charlie, have been the result of an affair with my ancestor, a Sinclair
> as 
> the story goes, who eventually went into exile in France with the king?
> According to the legend, the name Sinclair was changed to St. Clair
> there. I 
> suppose I'll never know, but it makes for interesting tales to tell my
> grandchildren, the first of whom is due in August.
>
> HRH Johnnye St. Clair-Gerhardt


Bonnie Prince Charlie's mother was Princess Clementina Sobieska, 
the
grandaughter of King Jan Sobieski, who united Poland.

The Polish Royal Family are St Clairs:

        

        

        

        

Stanislas
IV de Saint-Clair (1835-1887

        

        

        

        

who
was the

roi titulaire de Pologne
                                (1881 - 1887)

        

        

        

        

Alexandre
II de Saint-Clair

        

        

        

        

roi
titulaire de Pologne 1887-1966

        

        

        

        

Alexandre
had no children so the

        

        

        

        

roi
titulaire de Pologne passed

        

        

        

        

through
his sister:

        

        

        

        

Antoinette-Alexandra
de Saint-Clair

        

        

        

        

who
in 1905 married:

        

        

        

        

Jean
WOYCICKI of the house of Rawicz-Woycicich-h-Rawicz

        

        

        

        

whose
son:

        

        

        

        

Zbigniew
became the le roi titulaire and thence to:

        

        

        

        

Hedwige
II and thence to:

        

        

        

        

Matthieu-Stanilas
who was born in 1773 and

        

        

        

        

who
is currently roi titulaire de Pologne

but, as Poland is no longer a Monarchy, the question is largely
academic.

The St Clairs became involved when Queen Pelagie II (1798 - 1881) married
Alexandre de Saint Clair
of Rosslyn in 1833

Niven Sinclair