Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart 1720-1788

Paternal Family Tree: Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart

1745 Battle of Prestonpans

1746 Battle of Culloden

On 3rd September 1719 [his father] James "Old Pretender" Stewart [aged 31] and [his mother] Maria Clementina Sobieska [aged 17] were married. He the son of [his grandfather] King James II of England Scotland and Ireland and [his grandmother] Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland.

On 31st December 1720 Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart was born to James "Old Pretender" Stewart [aged 32] and Maria Clementina Sobieska [aged 18] at Palazzo Muti, via del Corso. He a grandson of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 18th January 1735 [his mother] Maria Clementina Sobieska [aged 32] died.

On 9th July 1745 the ship 'Du Teillay' aboard which Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart [aged 24] was travelling to Scotland, and the 'L'Elisabeth' were fired upon by HMS Lion.

On 23rd July 1745 Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart [aged 24] landed with seven men from the 'Du Teillay', a French privateer, accompanied by 'L'Elisabeth' at Eriskay Island to start the "Forty-Five Jacobite Rising".

Battle of Prestonpans

On 21st September 1745 the army of Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart [aged 24] defeated the only government army in Scotland at the Battle of Prestonpans, led by General Lieutenant-General John Cope [aged 57].

Colonel James Gardiner [aged 57] was killed in action. He was mortally wounded by the Highlanders after his dragoons had fled the field and he was attempting to rally some foot soldiers. He received a mortal blow whilst wounded on the ground and was stripped to the waist as his possessions were looted by the Highlanders. After the battle he was carried from the field by a servant to nearby Tranent where he soon died.

Battle of Culloden

On 16th April 1746 an English army commanded by William Augustus Hanover 1st Duke Cumberland [aged 24] and John Mordaunt [aged 37] defeated the Scottish army of Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart [aged 25] at the Battle of Culloden bring to an end the Jacobite Rising of 1745.

Bluett Wallop [aged 19] fought.

Robert Kerr was killed.

William Boyd 4th Earl Kilmarnock [aged 40] was captured.

Alexander Bannerman 3rd Baronet fought and escapted to France where he died a year later.

On 29th October 1753 [his illegitimate daughter] Charlotte Stuart Duchess of Albany was born illegitimately to Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart [aged 32] and Clementina Walkinshaw [aged 33]. She a great granddaughter of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 1st January 1766 [his father] James "Old Pretender" Stewart [aged 77] died.

On 28th March 1772 Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart [aged 51] and Louise Stolberg Gedern [aged 19] were married. The difference in their ages was 31 years.

Around 1785. Hugh Douglas Hamilton [aged 45]. Portrait of Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart [aged 64].

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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On 30th September 1785 James Fitz James 3rd Duke Berwick 10th Duke Veragua [aged 66] died at Valencia. His succeeded son Carlos Fitz James Stuart 10th Duke Veragua 4th Duke Berwick [aged 33] succeeded 10th Duke Veragua, 4th Duke of Liria, 4th Duke of Jérica, 4th Duke Berwick. [his sister-in-law] Caroline Stolberg Gedern Duchess Veragua Duchess Berwick [aged 30].

On 31st January 1788 Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart [aged 67] died.

On 29th January 1824 [his former wife] Louise Stolberg Gedern [aged 71] died at Florence, Tuscany.

Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart 1720-1788 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart 1720-1788

Kings Wessex: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 22 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 18 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings Scotland: Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Kings France: Great x 2 Grand Son of Henry IV King France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 23 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 7 Grand Son of John II King Aragon

Ancestors of Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart 1720-1788

Great x 4 Grandfather: Matthew Stewart 4th Earl Lennox 2 x Great Grand Son of King James II of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry "Lord Darnley" Stewart Great Grand Son of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Douglas Countess Lennox Grand Daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 2 Grandfather: King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland Grand Son of King James V of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: King James V of Scotland Son of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Queen of Scots Daughter of King James V of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "The Good" II of France

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland Son of King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Christian III King of Denmark 8 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Frederick II King of Denmark 9 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Dorothea of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne of Denmark Queen Consort Scotland England and Ireland 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ulrich Mecklenburg-Schwerin 9 x Great Grand Son of King Philip III of France

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sophie Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King Philip III of France

GrandFather: King James II of England Scotland and Ireland Son of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Bourbon Duke Vendôme 4 x Great Grand Son of King John "The Good" II of France

Great x 3 Grandfather: Antoine King Navarre 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "The Good" II of France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Françoise Valois Countess Vendôme 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "The Good" II of France

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry IV King France 3 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Victorious" VII King France

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Henry II of Navarre Great Grand Son of Charles "Victorious" VII King France

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jeanne Albret III Queen Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of Charles "Victorious" VII King France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Charles V of France

Great x 1 Grandmother: Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England Daughter of Henry IV King France

Great x 2 Grandmother: Marie de Medici Queen Consort France 3 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ferdinand I Holy Roman Emperor Great Grand Son of John II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joanna of Austria Grand Duchess Tuscany 2 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Jagiellon 2 x Great Grand Daughter of John II King Aragon

Father: James "Old Pretender" Stewart Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Cesare Este Duke Modena 21 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Alfonso Este IV Duke Modena 22 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandfather: Francesco Este I Duke Modena 23 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandfather: Alfonso Este IV Duke Modena 24 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

GrandMother: Mary of Modena Queen Consort England Scotland and Ireland 25 x Great Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandfather: Girolamo Martinozzi Count da Fano

Great x 1 Grandmother: Laura Martinozzi Duchess Modena

Great x 3 Grandfather: Pietro Mazzarino

Great x 2 Grandmother: Laura Mazarin

Charles Edward "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stewart Grand Son of King James II of England Scotland and Ireland

Great x 1 Grandfather: John III Sobieski King Poland

GrandFather: James Louis Sobieski

Mother: Maria Clementina Sobieska