Flora MacDonald

Flora MacDonald (* 1722 Milton (South Uist ) ) in Scotland; † March 5, 1790 in Kingsburgh, Skye ) is a revered as a heroine Jakobitin.

Life

Flora MacDonald became famous when she helped Charles Edward Stuart ( " Bonnie Prince Charlie" ) after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden to flee. She hid him first and then rowed to the prince, who was dressed as a maid, " Betty Burke ," over the sea to Skye. On September 20, 1746 Charles Edward Stuart managed to sneak in the region of Moidart, where his expedition something had begun a year earlier, to embark and sail to France. On January 31, 1788, died Prince Charlie, who had never been in contact with Flora MacDonald again in Rome.

Flora MacDonald married in 1750 and stayed from 1773 to 1779 with her husband, who was in the British military services in the United States. After the American Revolution, the family returned to Scotland, where Flora MacDonald died after a long illness in 1790. Thousands attended her funeral in Kilmuir on the Isle of Skye. In 1880 was erected over her grave a high cross, in which the following words are inscribed:

Flora MacDonald A name thatwill be Mentioned in History, and if courage and fidelity be virtues, Mentioned with Honour. Flora Mac Donald Your name will go down in history and as long as loyalty and courage are virtues will honor its sound.

A statue in memory of Flora MacDonald is in Inverness, the " Capital of the Highlands ". Before the castle, which towers over the city