Pretender

:This page is about the word Pretender as it applies to a monarchy. For other meanings, see Pretender (disambiguation).

Fake pretenders

Some well-known impostors who claimed to be genuine pretenders include:

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• Various impersonators of Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia, notably Anna Anderson
• The fake Baldwin I of Constantinople, whose real name probably was Bertrand of Rais
• Lambert Simnel, who claimed to be Edward, Earl of Warwick
• Perkin Warbeck, who claimed to be Richard, Duke of York
• The three false Dimitris of Russia
• Karl Wilhelm Naundorff, one of over 30 pretenders who claimed to be Louis XVII of France
• Michel Lafosse, a.k.a. Prince Michael of Albany, who claims to be the Jacobite heir to the Scottish throne