Maria Clementina Sobieski – one of just three women buried in St Peter’s Basilica – lived a life of extraordinary defiance and determination.

Charles O’Kelly, an Irish Jacobite, thought that James was ‘as little disposed as his brother [Charles II] … to assert the hereditary rights of the natives, or restore their estates’.

He turn'd him right and round about, Upon the Irish shore, And gae his bridle ... The song is inspired by the failed Jacobite uprising of 1745, lead by Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720 - 1788).

The supporters of the deposed King James VII and II became known as Jacobites. King William wanted Jacobite clans to swear loyalty to him but this led to rebellion. In 1689, Scottish supporters of ...

Meanwhile, plans for her escape were set in motion by Charles Wogan, an Irish Jacobite loyal to Stuart. The princess disguised herself by switching clothes with the servant of one of her rescuers ...