Jacobite_Rebellion_Of_1745

Jacobite Rebellion Of 1745 I. Prince Charles Edward Stuart Prince Charles Edward Stuart was born to his parents, James “III” of England and Clementina Sobieska of Poland, on December 31, 1720 in Rome, Italy. As Charles was the grandson of James II, former King of England, letters of congratulations and support immediately poured in from those who celebrated the continuation of the catholic claim to the English throne. “Bonnie Prince Charlie” was immediately baptized as a member of the Catholic faith in the presence of the Pope himself, and word spread throughout Europe of the newborn. Publicly, Charles was claimed to be a healthy, strong, well-built child who quickly mastered English, French, and Italian. Stuart supporters took great pride in this reported potential, but the stories were far from the truth. In reality, Charles was an extremely weak child who did not walk until the age of four. Even at this point Charles required assistance, which came mostly from his nurse Mrs. Sheldon, whom had been hired by James and Clementina to raise the boy. Intellectually, Charles may have been even less impressive. Although it was claimed that Charles mastered multiple languages in childhood, he never in his charles, english, james, stuart, throne, french, jacobites, years, support, rebellion, been, prince, jacobite, scotland, london, king, forces, battle, 1745, men, even, britain, world, troops, new, miles, less, england, cumberland, charlie, charles’, bonnie, uprising, through, thirty