Battle of Culloden
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The Battle of Culloden took place on 16 April 1746, near Inverness, in the Scottish Highlands. A Jacobite army under Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated by a British government force command
An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745, David Morier
Charles Edward Stuart, painted late 1745. (Original displayed at Scottish National Portrait Gallery)
Culloden House, circa 1746, Charles' headquarters prior to the battle
Well of the Dead; modern remains of the park wall on the Jacobite right
Jacobitism
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Jacobitism was the name for a political movement active from 1688 to the end of the 18th century. Its primary objective was the restoration of the exiled House of Stuart to the British throne. It was
Battle of Culloden
…was brief, lasting less than an hour, with the Jacobites suffering an overwhelming and bloody defeat. This effectively ended both the 1745 rising and Jacobitism as a significant element in British politics. The Jacobite rising of 1745 began on 23 July when Charles Edward Stuart landed in the Western Isles and…
James Francis Edward Stuart, Jacobite claimant between 1701 and 1766
'The True Law of Free Monarchies;' James VI and I's political tract formed the basis of Stuart ideology
Charles I, whose policies caused instability throughout his three kingdoms
James II, 1685, dressed in military uniform