Unnamed King(1)

The "dispossessed" king for whom the grandfather of the first Compson in Yoknapatawpha fought (325) is Charles Edward Stuart, who spent most of his life in exile but claimed to be the rightful king of Britain as part of the Jacobite line of Catholic monarchs. His hope of claiming the throne ended in 1746, when the Jacobites were defeated in a final battle in Scotland. Charles himself is perhaps best remembered for a romantic escape through the Scottish countryside after that loss. Although he was seen by many during his flight from Scotland, no one turned him in to claim the hefty reward offered by the British government. He spent the remainder of his life on the European continent.