The Glorious Revolution of 1689 brought relative stability to England after the turbulent years of the 1680’s and it settled the problem of succession to the satisfaction of the majority of the English, even if it led to the disruption of the Stuart line. In default of a legal heir William and Mary were succeeded in 1702 by King James’s other Protestant daughter, Anne who ruled England until her death in 1714. Queen Anne, however, had no direct descendent either (although she gave birth five times, none of her children survived), and thus the Stuart line of descent was discontinued. Although James II’s son, James, the Old Pretender, maintained the Jacobite claim to the throne, the House of Hanover (the dynasty still ruling Britain under the name Windsor) acceded to the English throne with George I as the first Hanoverian King of England. This change of dynasty did stir some political unrest. Several Englishmen objected to having a German King, and in 1715 even a Jacobite rebellion was organized. This, however, was soon suppressed and led to no great political crisis. Thus the accession of George I and of the Hanoverian dynasty proved to be on the whole a smooth transition.