House of Spalding (Napoleon's World)

The House of Spalding was, until 1973, the royal house of Scotland. Following the Scottish Civil War, the Spaldings fled Scotland and now reside in pretendence in England. The Spaldings came to power in 1818, when they overthrew the Jacobite pretender Queen Mary Beatrice and the Prince Consort Francis, neither of whom were of Scottish descent and had been transferred the title of pretendence from Henry Stuart in 1807 upon his death. The Spaldings converted to Catholicism in 1820 to appease the French but declared religious tolerance for all peoples of Scotland.

The Spaldings were despised by many Lowland clans, in particular Clan Lennox. Known for manipulating their fellow Highlanders into policing the Lowlands, the Spaldings caused numerous clan rifts in Scotland and societal problems for decades. Their Catholic faith and "Frenchified-nature" resulted in deep misgivings about the royalty in Scotland during the 19th and early 20th century. With modernization under the Spaldings, many old clans lost their importance, resulting in near-civil war on numerous occasions. The Spaldings finally lost power in 1973, when the military ordered the royals to leave the country under penalty of death.

The current pretender to the throne of Scotland is Henry Spalding, who is forbidden by law to set foot on Scottish soil.