Pope Adrian VII (Bonnie Pope Henry)

Pope Adrian VII (Latin: Handrianus VI), born Henry Benedict Mary Clement Thomas Francis Xavier Stuart of York is the 250th and current Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and by extension of this title is the Sovereign ruler of the Papal States and Bishop of Rome.

Henry was born the second son of James, Prince of Wales, recognised as the last legitimate Jacobite monarch despite never officially ruling any of his claimed titles. Charles, Henry's brother would also attempt to gain recognition of the Stuart claim over the Hanoverian Germans but without success. Adrian's immediate predecessor Clement XIV refused to recognised Charles as King, instead he recognised George III as King of Great Britain. This seemed to settle the issue in the eyes of the Catholic faithful, especially those of British nationality. It was one of Adrian's first acts to retract this recognition and once again proclaim the righteousness of the Stuart dynasty's claims.

Henry chose the name Adrian in honour of Adrian IV, the only Englishman ever to be elected Pontiff and Adrian VI, the last non-Italian Pope and a key opponent of the early Protestant reformation. He also chose the Latin translation Hadrianus rather than Adrianus to invoke the imagery and symbolism associated with Hadrian's Wall in his ancestral Scotland.