Charles Edward Stuart
Americannoun
noun
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Charles Edward Stuart, better known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, led a rising in 1745 to win back the thrones of Britain for his father, the exiled James VIII.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025
Prince Charles Edward Stuart - or Bonnie Prince Charlie as he is often known - was the grandson of James II, who was King of England in 1685.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2023
Though the 1745 rising failed, the prince, Charles Edward Stuart, was immortalized in the popular imagination as a tragic hero, nicknamed Bonnie Prince Charlie for his good looks.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
In 1745, Prince Charles Edward Stuart sought to regain the British throne for his father when he was aged just 24.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2023
Charles Edward Stuart, the "bonnie Prince Charlie" of a later date, the hero and darling of so much devotion, poetry, and romance, received his baptism of fire in the Italian campaign under Don Carlos.
From A History of the Four Georges, Volume II by McCarthy, Justin
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