Charles Edward Stuart, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, a Jacobite claimant to the British throne arrives in France after suffering a major defeat at the Battle of Culloden on April 16, 1746, during his Jacobite rebellion as he attempted to restore the the Stuart monarchy.
He was welcomed in France as a hero but was unable to get further French support since France had made peace with Britain and he was forced to leave France in 1748. Charles never regained the throne and lived the rest of his life in exile. He later suffered from alcoholism and died in Rome in 1788.
