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Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart (31 December 1720 – 30 January 1788) 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.
6 days ago · Charles Edward, the Young Pretender (born Dec. 31, 1720, Rome—died Jan. 31, 1788, Rome) , also known as the Young Pretender, was the last serious Stuart claimant to the British throne and leader of the unsuccessful Jacobite rebellion of 1745–46.
Aug 27, 2019 · Charles Edward Stuart, also known as the Young Pretender and the Bonnie Prince Charlie, was the claimant and heir apparent to the throne of Great Britain in the 18th century.
Charles Edward Stuart was known as ‘The Young Pretender’ and by his Scots supporters as ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’. He was born and raised in Rome. In 1743 his father James named his as regent ‘Charles III’ and in 1745 he raised money to sail for Scotland in two small ships.
Dec 31, 2021 · Charles Edward Stuart (31 December 1720 – 30 January 1788) known to history as “the Young Pretender” and “Bonnie Prince Charlie” was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, grandson of James II and VII, and the Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1766 as Charles III.
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May 29, 2018 · Stuart, Charles Edward (1720–88) Scottish Prince, known as ‘ Bonnie Prince Charlie’ or the ‘Young Pretender’. A grandson of the deposed James II, he led the Jacobites in the rebellion of 1745 (‘the '45’) on behalf of his father, James, the ‘Old Pretender’.
Charles Edward Stuart believed the British throne was his birthright and planned to invade with his Jacobite followers and remove the Hanoverian "usurper" George II.
Charles Edward Stuart (Prince Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir Stuart, 31 December 1720 - 31 January 1788; better known as Bonnie Prince Charlie or as 'The Young Pretender') was the Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart (31 December 1720 – 30 January 1788) 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.
Biography: Charles Edward Stuart, 'the Young Pretender' or Bonnie Prince Charlie as he was popularly called, was the grandson of Catholic King James II of England, deposed in the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688.
