Charles died in Rome of a stroke on 31 January 1788, aged 67.
He was first buried in Frascati Cathedral near Rome, where his brother Henry Benedict Stuart was bishop.
At Henry's death in 1807, Charles's remains (except his heart) were moved to the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican where they were laid to rest next to those of his brother and his father and below the spot where the monument to the Royal Stuarts would later be erected.
His mother is also buried in St. Peter's Basilica.
His heart remained in Frascati Cathedral, where it is contained in a small urn beneath the floor under a monument.
Charles died in Rome of a stroke on 31 January 1788, aged 67. He was first buried in Frascati Cathedral near Rome, where his brother Henry Benedict Stuart was bishop. At Henry's death in 1807, Charles's remains (except his heart) were moved to the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican where they were laid to rest next to those of his brother and his father and below the spot where the monument to the Royal Stuarts would later be erected. His mother is also buried in St. Peter's Basilica. His heart remained in Frascati Cathedral, where it is contained in a small urn beneath the floor under a monument.
Charles Edward Stuart