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The Prince’s Cairn marks the spot where Charles Edward Stuart boarded a French frigate and sailed into exile in France. Charles had been on the run for 5 months, following his defeat at the Battle of Culloden on the 19th of April 1746. The Hanoverian government offered a reward of £30,000 for his capture (around £6m in today’s money) but his followers were fiercely loyal. The young pretender never returned to Scotland, but did go to London in disguise in 1750, in an attempt to raise another rebe

Glenfinnan Monument – Glenfinnan 'Gleann Fhionghain.' At this location Prince Charles Edward Stuart, (Bonnie Prince Charlie) first raised his royal standard in a symbolic act, on 19 August, 1745. Tradition recounts that, following a moment of silence the momentous words were spoken; ‘Prionssa Tearlach Righ nan Ghaidheil!’ (Prince Charles, King of the Gael). This Monument was erected in 1815, as a tribute to the Jacobite clansmen who fought and died in the cause of Prince Charles Edward Stuart… |

Charles Edward Stuart always knew he was destined for military glory but refused to learn from his mistakes. leading to the downfall of the Stuart cause. | Timeline - World History

Battle of Culloden, also called Battle Of Drummossie, (April 16, 1746), the last battle of the “Forty-five Rebellion,” when the Jacobites, under Charles Edward, the Young Pretender (“Bonnie Prince Charlie”), were defeated by British forces under William Augustus, duke of Cumberland. The battle, which lasted only 40 minutes, resulted in bitter defeat for the heavily outnumbered Jacobites. Some 1,000 of the Young Pretender’s army of 5,000 weak and starving Highlanders were killed by the 9,000 Redc