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Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.

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Charles Edward Stuart

Jacobite pretender (1720–1788)

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 as Charles III. During his lifetime, he was…
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Jacobite rising of 1745

Attempt by the House of Stuart to regain the British throne

The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart. It took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, when the bulk of the British Army was fighting in mainland Europe, and proved to…
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