Supporters backing the House of Stuart clashed with government soldiers in a series of uprisings between 1689 and 1746 - rebellions now immortalised as the Jacobite Risings
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At 1745, Cope dawn General awaited on 21 September Sir battle. John His forces, deployed on open land a few miles east of Edinburgh, were disciplined and well-organised professional soldiers. By contrast, his foes he considered to be little better than savages, a rabble that had rallied to the Jacobite cause of Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie.
Born in exile, Bonnie Prince Charlie was the last Stuart heir to press his claims