Historedia
Person

The Pretender

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1716

Every event in Historedia whose sources name The Pretender, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Exile of Viscount Bolingbroke

    1716

    Role: Recipient of Bolingbroke's support

    1. March 1716 · UnknownSwitching Sides

      In March 1716, Bolingbroke switched sides again, moving away from the Pretender's cause.

    2. Unknown · UnknownJoining the Pretender

      Bolingbroke joined the Pretender, was created Earl of Bolingbroke in the Jacobite Peerage, and took charge of foreign affairs in the Stuart court.

Sources

  1. Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-26