Prince James Francis Edward Stuart; Mary of Modena Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Prince James Francis Edward Stuart; Mary of Modena NPG D34721

© National Portrait Gallery, London

after Unknown artist

The only son of James II and Mary of Modena, he was raised in exile in France after his father was deposed in 1688 in favour of the Protestant William of Orange. Known as the 'Old Pretender', he became the focus of Jacobite resistance and mounted several unsuccessful campaigns to reclaim the throne in 1706, 1708 and finally in 1715 when he landed at Peterhead in Scotland. He married the Polish Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska in 1719 and spent much of the remainder of... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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