Editing Henry Benedict Stuart (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Jacobite kings in St Peters Cathedral.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Monument to the Royal Stuarts]], left aisle of Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome]]
Under his will, which he signed as "Henry R" (i.e. Rex or king), he was succeeded in all his claimed British rights by his nearest blood-relative and friend, King [[Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia]]. Like his successors, Charles Emmanuel neither asserted nor renounced his Jacobite claims.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

In his will he left the [[Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom]] to the [[Prince of Wales]], the future [[George IV]].<ref>[[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]], https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp04973/henry-benedict-maria-clement-stuart-cardinal-york: "He bequeathed the Stuart crown jewels to the future George IV in an act which symbolically brought the Jacobite cause to a close."</ref><ref>''[[Columbia Encyclopedia]]'', fifth edition, 1993, published by [[Columbia University]] Press & distributed by Houghton Mifflin, p. 2638: "'''Stuart''' or '''Stewart, Henry Benedict Maria Clemont''', known as '''Cardinal York''', 1725-1807... Cardinal York bequeathed to George IV (then Prince of Wales) the crown jewels of the Stuarts."</ref>

Henry, his brother, his father and his mother are buried in the crypt of [[St. Peter's Basilica]] in the [[Vatican City|Vatican]]. There is a [[monument to the Royal Stuarts]] on one of the columns in the basilica proper, designed by [[Antonio Canova]]. The monument was originally commissioned by Angelo Cesarini, executor of Henry Benedict's estate. Among the subscribers was George IV.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

The monument was restored at the expense of [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]] in the 1940s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/nigelbaker/2016/01/08/history-and-healing-remembering-the-stuarts/ |title=Remembering the Stuarts |publisher=Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |date=2016-01-08 |accessdate=2023-04-25}}</ref>