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May 24, 2024 · The Glorious Revolution [a] is the sequence of events that led to the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange, who was also his nephew. The two ruled as joint monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland until Mary's death in 1694.
May 20, 2024 · House of Stuart, royal house of Scotland from 1371 and of England from 1603, when James VI inherited the English throne as James I. It was interrupted in 1649 by the establishment of the Commonwealth but was restored in 1660. It ended in 1714, when the British crown passed to the house of Hanover.
4 days ago · When Charles II died in 1685, Anne's father became King James II of England and VII of Scotland. To the consternation of the English people, James began to give Catholics military and administrative offices, in contravention of the Test Acts that were designed to prevent such appointments.
May 9, 2024 · James II, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1685 to 1688. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution (1688–89) and replaced by William III and Mary II. That revolution, engendered by James’s Roman Catholicism, permanently established Parliament as the ruling power in England.
1 day ago · James VII and II (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
May 10, 2024 · Robert VIII de Bruce. Also called: Robert I. Born: July 11, 1274. Died: June 7, 1329, Cardross, Dumbartonshire, Scotland (aged 54) Title / Office: king (1306-1329), Scotland. House / Dynasty: Bruce family. Role In: Battle of Bannockburn. Recent News. May 9, 2024, 6:53 AM ET (Newsweek)
May 22, 2024 · Both James III and James IV, she notes, were visitors to native Scottish saintly shrines, as those of Saint Ninian at Whithorn, of Saint Duthac at Tain, and Saint Fillan at Scone.
