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The Battle of Culloden

April 16, 1745

Let's Not Forget the Bagpipes

When the Dust Settled

September 1745

  • Perth
  • Edinburgh
  • First major battle at Prestonpans

The Beginning of the End...

Glenfinnan

Years of Civil War

August 19, 1745

Charles Edward Stuart

  • Aborted Invasion of 1708
  • 1715 Uprising
  • Jacobite Court Settles in Rome in 1719
  • France was a major supporter of the Stuarts
  • Bonnie Prince Charlie and the '45
  • Commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie or the Young Pretender
  • Raised in Rome
  • Protected and Supported by the Pope

James Francis Edward Stuart

Highland Dress Accessories

October-November 1745

  • Known as the Old Pretender
  • Would have been James III of Britain
  • Grew up in exile
  • Fought to get his throne back

Hats

Pennanular Brooches

October: Charles Stuart moves South beyond Edinburgh.

November: Carlisle falls to the Jacobites.

Sporran

Dirk

Sword Belt

Clan

Badge

King James VII of Scotland and II of Britain

  • Fled England in 1689
  • Fear in Britain he would reinstate Catholicism
  • Overthrown by his daughter, Mary and her husband, William of Orange

Winter 1746

Setting the Stage

January: Jacobites defeat government forces at the Battle of Falkirk Muir.

February: Jacobites head North and are pursued by the Duke of Cumberland's forces.

December 1745

Derby and the Retreat to Scotland

Let's Talk Kilts

Books & Bites

The Little Kilt

The feileadh-beag (pr: feela beg)

The Belted Plaid

The Feileadh-mhor(pr: feela more)

Presented By: Chett and Maribeth Wood

Sponsored By the Friends of the Library