La Fuga da Innsbruck a Roma di Maria Klementyna Sobieska Stuart
Author(s)
Gaetano Platania
Date Issued
2023
Type
article
Volume
6
Start Page
75
End Page
102
Journal
Abstract
The Article focuses on the journey undertaken by Maria Klementyna Sobieska between 1718 and 17919 to marry James Stuart, the "pretender" to
the English throne. The idea of marriage, born to revive the fortunes of both families, however, immediately created political problems at an international level, putting the delicate European geopolitical balance at risk. Having left Olawa, the young woman was arrested by order of Emperor Charles VI of Habsburg and detained in Innsbruck: a decision taken to comply with the wishes of Ludwig of Hanover, sovereign of England and enemy of James. The Article analyzes the very young Sobieska's escape from Innsbruck to Italy. At the centre, we find all the tenacity of this very young girl who, having escaped from the city on a winter night, set out on the road towards Italy accompanied by her mother, Hedwig Elisabeth Amalia von Pfalz-Neuburg is escorted by a group of men led by the knight Charles. Once she arrived in Bologna, she would marry James Stuart by proxy. Th ese events' stories are addressed through manuscript and printed sources, mainly Roman and pontifical.
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