Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Polish… | National Trust for Scotland
Written by Peter Pininski Prince Charles Edward Stuart Peter Pininski, a renowned historian and expert on the Stuarts, takes a look at Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s maternal ancestors, to see if they offer any clues to his character traits. Charles’s father, James VIII & III, was born at St James’s Palace in London in June 1688 but brought up in exile in France. His birth resulted in a Catholic heir to the throne, and provoked King James VII & II’s Protestant nephew and son-in-law, William of Orange, to invade England with 35,000 men to keep Britain in the European Protesta...
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