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Exile of Charles Edward Stewart

Scotland · House / House of Stewart. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1746–1777Date range
1Named people
3Places

Chronological records

1746

Charles Edward Stewart20 September 1746

Culloden Moor · House / House of Stewart

After the defeat at Culloden Moor escapes into exile in France

1748

Charles Edward Stewart1748

Aix-la-Chapelle · House / House of Stewart

Charles lived for several years in exile with his Scottish mistress, Clementina Walkinshaw, whom he met, and may have begun a relationship with, during the 1745 rebellion

Charles Edward Stewart1748

Aix-la-Chapelle · House / House of Stewart

Prince Charles Edward Is expelled from France by the Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle

1772

Charles Edward Stewart1772

House / House of Stewart

Marries Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern

1777

Charles Edward Stewart1777

Florence · House / House of Stewart

Purchases for his residence the Palazzo di San Clemente, now known also in his memory as the Palazzo del Pretendente. In Florence he began to use the title "Count of Albany" as an alias. This title is frequently used for him in European publications; his wife Louise is almost always called "Countess of Albany"

Names involved

Charles Edward Stewart

Provenance

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