The Forty-Five

The Forty-Five

The Forty-Five may refer to:

* The forty-five guards, a bodyguard of Henri III and Henri IV of France
* The Forty-Five, the 1745 Jacobite rebellion in Scotland and England

ee also

*45 (number)
*45 A.D.


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