Sep 13, 2017 · The Palazzo del Re was home to the exiled Jacobite court and the Stuarts in Rome. Owned by the Muti family, it was rented by the Papacy for the Old Pretender, James Francis Edward Stuart.

The Palazzo Muti (officially the Palazzo Muti e Santuario della Madonna dell' Archetto) is a large townhouse in the Piazza dei Santi Apostoli, Rome, Italy, built in 1644.

Every book on Jacobitism, and all the biographies of James III and his two sons, call it by that name. In fact, its correct name after 1719 was the Palazzo del Re, and it was known to contemporaries as such.

Aug 2, 2023 · This book presents the first complete study of the Court of the exiled Stuart King James III, offering a significant reassessment of its importance and of the lives of the Stuarts and their courtiers, and their relations with the Popes, cardinals and princely families of Rome.

The British and Irish visitors to Rome knew exactly where the Palazzo del Re was situated, what it looked like, and how and where to enter it secretly without being seen.

Jul 17, 2024 · The question of Charles’s recognition sparked a complex decision-making process at the Papal court, revealing the issue’s political significance and sensitive nature. By 1766, it was apparent even in Rome that a Stuart restoration was no longer viable.

Jan 1, 2010 · In fact, its correct name after 1719 was the Palazzo del Re, and it was known to contemporaries as such.

Plan of the ground floor of the Palazzo del Re The south fac ̧ade of the Palazzo del Re, facing the Piazza dei Santi Apostoli: an engraving by Giuseppe Vasi, 1754

Oct 5, 2015 · One contemporary claimed that the best music in Rome was provided by the concerts in Palazzo del Re. While foreign ambassadors were allowed one opera box in honour of the monarchs they represented, James III, as the legitimate monarch of three kingdoms, was accorded three boxes in the Teatro Aliberti, where he was formal patron.

The Palazzo Del Re When David Nairne first opened negotiations with the Pope and the Camera Apostolica to find a suitable palazzo in Rome to house the Stuart court, he had to bear in mind three important points.