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Jacobite Rising, the
     
Jacobite Rising, the also the Jacobite Rebellion
1 the failed attempt in 1715-16 to make James Edward Stuart (the Old Pretender) king of England
2 the failed attempt in 1745-46 to make Bonnie Prince Charlie (Charles Edward Stuart) king of England, which ended all hope of making the Stuart family kings of England again
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