[LexBaird]

Don't forget that the english kings are descended from James of Scotland, a Scottish king invited to become king of england?

Nope. The Stuarts were displaced by William of Orange, a German line. Saxe-Colburg IIRC. Thus the Rising to restore Bonny Prince Charlie (Stuart), which failed at Culloden.

[LexBaird]

whoops, William was Hanover, then the Saxe Coberg Gotha line.

[Cronos]

Nope. The Stuarts were displaced by William of Orange, a German line. Saxe-Colburg IIRC. Thus the Rising to restore Bonny Prince Charlie (Stuart), which failed at Culloden.

Well, yes and no -- William of Orange's line was displaced by the German Hanoverian dynasty -- THESE were the Saxe-Coburgs (after Vicki married Alfred it became the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family). But the subsequent dynasty did marry into the Stuart dynasty to ensure that the lineage from Alfred the Great was unbroken. The only rulers outside that lineage are Stephen, Richard IIIrd, the French Dauphin (who was invited to rule after King John's death), Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Anne.