An invasion of Great Britain was planned by France in 1744 shortly after the declaration of war between them as part of the War of the Austrian Succession. A large invasion force was prepared and put
George Wade was to have commanded British troops resisting the invasion.
Jacobite succession
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The Jacobite succession is the line through which Jacobites believe that the crowns of England, Scotland, and Ireland should have descended, applying male preference primogeniture, since the depositio
Memorial to the three Stuart pretenders, 'James III', and his sons, Charles and Henry, above their place of interment in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica, in the Vatican. By Antonio Canova, 1819.
Monument to the Stuarts detail
King James II and VII
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart by Alexis Simon Belle