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Young Pretender

American  

Young Pretender British  

noun

  1. See (Charles Edward) Stuart

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This was the royal house of Stuart, in the glittering person and presence of Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Young Pretender and son of the exiled Stuart King James III.

From Time Magazine Archive

Author Mackenzie's is not a formal history of the Young Pretender but a series of portraits of the women who made up a large part of his life.

From Time Magazine Archive

George the Second had his Charles Edward, the Young Pretender who a generation later led an invading army well into England before he had to turn and fly for his life.

From A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III by McCarthy, Justin

Each one vol., library 12mo, cloth decorative $1.50 The Flight of Georgiana A Romance of the Days of the Young Pretender.

From The Passenger from Calais by Griffiths, Arthur

Charles Edward, the Young Pretender, was at that time residing in Florence, in company with his wife, the Countess of Albany, whose maiden name was Louisa Stolberg, of the princely house of that name.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various