Friday, May 30, 2008
RANDOM E B POST
CHARLES EDWARD LOUIS PHILIP CASIMIR/BONNY PRINCE CHARLEY- 1720-1788, elder son of James, the pretender + the chevalier st. george. grandson of James II + nephew of anne + heir to them, but by hereditary rights null following 1688 revolution. educated in rome, his mother, a sobieski, by blood, guided his studies. spoke french, italian, + latin. in 1734, the duke of livia, duke of berwick, who was joining Don Carlos' struggle for the crown of naples, passed thru rome. offered the pretender to take charge if Ch willing to join him. he did + at 14, took part in the seige of Gaeta.
handsome + accomplished, introduced to the pope + Italian high society. sent to tour italy. blah blah blah civil war again. stuarts lost.
debauchery=maj walkenshaw 1772. arranged marriage w/louise, princes of stolberg. bad husband. 6 years after took refuge in a convent.
