Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Charles Edward Stuart

Battles of Charles Edward Stuart

Jacobite pretender to the thrones of England, Scotland, Ireland, and France; (1720-1788)

Charles Edward Stuart is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1745 and 1746: 4 battles and 2 sieges, all in present-day United Kingdom. Taken in date order, the sites lie 483 km apart end to end, 97 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Jacobite rising of 1745 (3), Jacobite risings (3).

Raids on Lochaber and ShiramoreSiege of CarlisleBattle of PrestonpansSiege of Stirling CastleBattle of Falkirk MuirBattle of CullodenSiege of CarlisleBattle of PrestonpansSiege of Stirling CastleBattle of Falkirk MuirBattle of CullodenBelfastNewcastleEdinburghAberdeenDundeeLondonderry/DerryAyrInvernessPerthDumfries100 km56.180N, 4.290W
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1745: 2 engagements1746: 4 engagements4 in 174617451746
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Carlisle, 1745Battle of Prestonpans, 1745Siege of Stirling Castle, 1746Battle of Falkirk Muir, 1746Battle of Culloden, 1746Raids on Lochaber and Shiramore, 174617451746
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1745Siege of CarlisleCarlisle, United KingdomJacobite victory
21 September 1745Battle of PrestonpansEdinburgh, United Kingdom119 km NJacobite victory
1746Siege of Stirling CastleStirling, United Kingdom63 km WBritish victory
28 January 1746Battle of Falkirk MuirFalkirk, United Kingdom16 km SEJacobite victory
27 April 1746Battle of CullodenCulloden, United Kingdom165 km NGovernment victory
1746Raids on Lochaber and ShiramoreLochaber, United Kingdom119 km SWBritish-Hanoverian Government victory: the north and...

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Allan Ramsay, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.