Jacobite rising of 1745
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The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt to regain the British throne for the exiled House of Stuart. The last in a series of Jacobite risings that began in March 1689, it proved to be the end of Ja
An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745 by David Morier
James Francis Edward Stuart, the 'Old Pretender', or 'Chevalier de St George' portrait from 1748
Cardinal Fleury, chief minister of France 1723 to 1743; he viewed the Jacobites as an ineffective weapon for dealing with British power
Welsh Tory Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (1692–1749); his blue coat was a Jacobite symbol
House of Stuart
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The House of Stuart, originally spelled Stewart, also known as the Stuart dynasty, was a royal house of Scotland, England, Ireland and later Great Britain. The family name comes from the office of Hig
Jacobite rising of 1745
…The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt to regain the British throne for the exiled House of Stuart. The last in a series of Jacobite risings that began in March 1689, it proved to be the end of Jacobitism as a major factor in British politics. The…
Monument to the Royal Stuarts in St. Peter's Basilica – Work of Antonio Canova.
Armorial tablet of the Stewarts at Falkland Palace, Fife
Robert II Stewart
King James I of Scotland