Charles Edward Stuart dies in Rome on…

1788 CE

Charles Edward Stuart dies in Rome on January 31, 1788, aged sixty-eight, of a stroke.

He is first buried in the Frascati Cathedral, where his brother Henry Benedict Stuart is bishop.

Henry thus becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain, as King Henry IX and the figurehead of Jacobitism.

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Rome > Roma Lazio Italy View →

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Charles Edward Stuart View → Henry Benedict Stuart View →

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Papal States (Republic of St. Peter) View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → Britain, Kingdom of Great View →

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