Charles Edward Stuart
Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, Ireland, and France; (1720-1788) · Italy · On the map · Politicians · Died at 67
Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, making him the grandson of James VII and II, and the Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1766.
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Jacobite Rising · Leader
Highland rebellion against Hanoverian rule ended Scottish clan power and accelerated British imperial consolidation.
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Prince William, Duke of Cumberland
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Charles painted as a five year old in 1725 by the court painter Antonio David
Portrait by William Mosman, painted circa 1737
Charles, painted in 1742, by the French court painter Louis Tocqué
Charles Edward as the Jacobite leader (a painting in Traquair House, attributed to the circle of Louis Tocqué)
A 1907 illustration of Prince Charles seen on the battlefield in 1746
Bonnie Prince Charlie Entering the Ballroom at Holyroodhouse flanked by Donald Cameron of Lochiel and Alexander Forbes, Lord Pitsligo, painted by John Pettie, c. 1892
'Lochaber No More - Prince Charlie leaving Scotland', an 1863 painting by the artist John Blake MacDonaldAwards
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He is also known as the Young Pretender, the Young Chevalier and Bonnie Prince Charlie, and to Jacobites as Charles III. He is known for leading the failed Jacobite Rising of 1745 in an attempt to restore the Stuart dynasty to power.
