Michel Roger Lafosse (born 21 April 1958 in Watermael-Boitsfort, Brussels, Belgium),[1] subsequently known as Michael James Alexander Stewart of Albany, claims to be a descendant of Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") and to be the legitimate Jacobite claimant to the throne of the Kingdom of Scotland.
Since 1979 he has referred to himself as "HRH Prince Michael James Alexander Stewart, 7th Count of Albany", stating that an ancestor used the title "Count of Albany". Lafosse also says he has the right to other noble titles including Comte de Blois, Duc d'Aquitaine and Baron Lafosse de Chatry.[2]
Who is Michael Stewart? He was born in Belgium on April 21, 1958 and was raised at the Château du Moulin in the Ardennes