What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: At Ashbourne on December 3rd 1745, Charles Edward Stuart declared his father James King of England, Wales and Scotland.
Charles Edward Stuart, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, was the pretender to the British throne; he led the Jacobite rising of 1745 aiming to restore his family to the monarchy.
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