Young Pretender
Americannoun
noun
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This was the royal house of Stuart, in the glittering person and presence of Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Young Pretender and son of the exiled Stuart King James III.
From Time Magazine Archive
Author Mackenzie's is not a formal history of the Young Pretender but a series of portraits of the women who made up a large part of his life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last Jacobite rebellion in Britain; Scotland rises for the Young Pretender, Charles Edward; Battle of Prestonpans; he is victorious and advances into England, but is compelled to retreat.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by Rudd, John
Now there was a new Stuart in the field, a new sham prince, a "Young Pretender."
From A History of the Four Georges, Volume II by McCarthy, Justin
The cathedral contains a memorial tablet to Charles Edward, the Young Pretender, whose body for some while rested here; his brother, Henry, Cardinal York, owned a villa at Frascati.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various
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