#hanovers

[tudorism]

convinced all men who joke about hating their wives descend from george iv

[scotianostra]

On December 6th 1745 Prince Charles Edward Stewart and the Jacobite Army began their retreat from Derby.

Ever since the decision was taken by Prince Charles’ council to turn back at Derby instead of continuing on to London, a decision that ultimately led to the catastrophic defeat at Culloden, historians and Scots in general alike, have debated whether or not the Stuarts could have taken the throne back had they continued.

The young Prince was eager to press onwards, wanting to capitalise on the momentum he had gathered since landing, and though it took five weeks to persuade the other Scots they eventually agreed and marched south across the border with a small army.

They met with little resistance from government forces as they marched south, but the promised support from the English people did not come.

When the cold and tired highlanders reached Derby, which was 120 miles from London, they had to make an important decision.

Charlie wanted to press on despite the presence of a sizeable army under King George I’s son the Duke of Cumberland in the area, and meet the enemy in the field.

The Scottish Lords, however, advised retreat, and after overriding Charlie’s protests the army began to slink back north. Little did the Lords know the the King in London was expecting the invading army any day and was preparing to flee.

Had the Scots known this and pressed on, it seems very likely that King Charles III would have been crowned in Westminster abbey, but it was not to be.

The retreat north in freezing winter weather was hard, but the tough highlanders managed to keep ahead of their red-coated pursuers all the way back north.

I will pick up more details of the Jacobite retreat in ten days time.

Pics are The Pretender's Troops Demanding Billets at the 'Red Lion' Inn,

Altrincham by Tom Colley. Altrincham is a small town south of Manchester, and not too far north of Derby, and The Prince himself.

[time-and-space-penguin]

Here is a (non-exhaustive) family tree I made of some of the European royal families! 😁

[jerseydeanne]

“Prince Ernst August of Hanover puts on lavish show of German tradition https://t.co/qrPAIgXwSD”

The man needs a tailor and a dry cleaner, omg gets some suspenders 

[tudorism]

george iv at queen caroline

[tudorism]

the 4 og king george's ranked from most to least babygirl

1. george i. invented babygirlism idc. that's my cutie patootie 3000 enough said <333

2. george iii. he was sooo cute with his lil ponytail when he was younger,, the babygirlism in his genes came through.

3. george ii. ehh. i adore his accent but if anything he's more babyboy. we still stan though!!

4. george iv. not a drop of babygirl in his blood. fuck george iv, all my homies hate george iv. in this house we support caroline!!

[brf-rumortrackinganon]

Did you see that Alessandra and Christian of Hanover had their third child on 16th February 2024? A brother or sister for Nicolás and Sofía, most likely born in Spain where they all live. It’s a cute story, she met him in 2005 as his tour guide in Peru and they started dating in 2011 before getting engaged in 2017 and then married in 2018. She was only 17 or maybe 16 when they met, having been born March 1988.

I don't follow the Hanovers, but thanks for sharing!

[artenthusiast-atx]

@funneratx @hanoverstx #funneratx #hanovers #pflugerville #pflugervilletx (at Hanovers Draught Haus) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6Dw26klbs2/?igshid=rayleoql83ut