Seven Men of Moidart
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The Seven Men of Moidart, in Jacobite folklore, were seven followers of Charles Edward Stuart who accompanied him at the start of his 1745 attempt to reclaim the thrones of Great Britain and Ireland f
Survivors of the beech trees known as the Seven Men of Moidart, in commemoration of Jacobite folklore.
James Francis Edward Stuart, the Jacobite pretender. Despite the rebellion being undertaken in his name, he intensely disliked one of Charles's companions (Strickland), seriously mistrusted at least one other (Kelly), and was angry with a third (Sheridan) for permitting Charles to become involved.
Charles Edward Stuart
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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 Englan
Seven Men of Moidart
…The Seven Men of Moidart, in Jacobite folklore, were seven followers of Charles Edward Stuart who accompanied him at the start of his 1745 attempt to reclaim the thrones of Great Britain and Ireland for the House of Stuart. The group included…
Portrait by Allan Ramsay, 1745
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