the Act of Settlement
/ði ˌækt əv ˈsetlmənt/
/ði ˌækt əv ˈsetlmənt/
- (in Britain
) an Act of Parliament in 1701, saying that the children of James I's granddaughter Sophia would be the future kings and queens. The government made this law because the king at that time, William III, had no children, and they wanted to stop the CatholicStuarts from becoming kings and queens. Sophia was a Protestant. She was married to the Elector (= a type of prince) of Hanover. Their son became King George I, the first king of the House of Hanover.英国 解决法案:1701年的议会法案,称詹姆斯一世的孙女索菲娅的子女将成为未来的国王和王后。政府之所以制定这项法律,是因为当时的国王威廉三世(William III)没有孩子,他们想阻止天主教斯图亚特人成为国王和王后。索菲亚(Sophia)是新教徒。她嫁给了汉诺威的选举人(一种王子)。他们的儿子成为乔治一世国王,汉诺威家族的第一位国王。