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The Life and Adventures of Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Caxton. Pininski, Peter (2010). Bonnie Prince Charlie. A Life. Amberley. ISBN 978-1-84868-194-1. Preston, Diana (1995). The Road to Culloden Moor. Bonnie Prince Charlie and the 45' Rebellion. Constable. ISBN 978-0094761704. Riding, Jacqueline (2016). Jacobites: A New History of the 45 ...
Charlotte Stuart, styled Duchess of Albany [1] (29 October 1753 – 17 November 1789) was the illegitimate daughter of the Jacobite pretender Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie" or the "Young Pretender") and his only child to survive infancy.
The text of the song gives an account of how Bonnie Prince Charlie, disguised as a serving maid, escaped in a small boat after the defeat of his Jacobite rising of 1745, with the aid of Flora MacDonald. The song draws on the motifs of Jacobitism although it was composed nearly a century and a half after the episode it describes. [3]
The "Bonnie Charlie" of the song is "Bonnie Prince Charlie" or the Young Pretender, the last serious Stuart claimant to the British throne. After Culloden, he escaped to the continent with the help of Flora MacDonald, and other loyal followers. The song expresses joy in Bonnie Charlie's escape from capture and possible execution, and celebrates ...
Researchers at the University of Dundee have recreated the face of Bonnie Prince Charlie as he appeared when leading the unsuccessful 18th century Jacobite rebellion as he sought to reclaim the ...
In 1745, Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) arrived in Scotland from France. He claimed the thrones of Scotland , England and Ireland , in the name of his father James Stuart (the Old Pretender).
Fort George was constructed after 1746's Battle of Culloden, when Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Jacobite forces were defeated by a government army.
The song references Bonnie Prince Charlie, the son of James Francis Edward Stuart and from 1766 a Stuart pretender to the crown of England, Scotland and Ireland. [17] Prince Charlie traveled to Scotland to lead the Jacobite rising of 1745 , which would prove to be the last Jacobite military attempt to capture the throne.