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===== The Montferrat rebellion in Ireland =====
Prince Federico Lodovico, the elder brother of Prince Vincenzo III, wasproclaimed anhimself ardentthe supporterStuart ofsuccessor theand Irishintentionally Catholicsinstigated civil unrest in Ireland in 1850. He had met several British and proclaimedIrish himselfCatholics at the Stuart[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleges_of_St_Omer,_Bruges_and_Li%C3%A8ge successorCollege of St. Omer] in 1850France years before, making him deeply sympathetic to the Irish cause.
 
==== Williamite period (1913-1935) ====
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==== House of Montferrat ====
[[File:Ferdinando and Marie-Louise.jpg|thumb|Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga and Marie-Louise, Duke and Duchess of Mantua & Montferrat.]]
The '''House of Montferrat''' (Piedmontese: ''Meison dë Monfrà'') was established in 1756 by Andrea I, effectively renaming the Gonzaga dynasty. In addition to ruling the duchy and principality of Piedmont, the Montferrat family also acts as the Catholic pretenders to the throne of the United Kingdom, nominally opposed to the [[United Kingdom#House of WittelsbachPalatinate-Kensington|House of Wittelsbach]], a Protestant dynasty currently ruling from London.
 
* Andrea I (1753-1807)
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