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As King of Scotland, he is known as William II. He ruled Britain and Ireland alongside his wife, Queen Mary II, and their joint reign is known as that of William and Mary. William was the only child of William II, Prince of Orange, and Mary, Princess Royal, the daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland. His father died a week ...
Apr 16, 2024 · mother Mary of Orange. William III (born November 14 [November 4, Old Style], 1650, The Hague, Netherlands—died March 19 [March 8], 1702, London, England) was the stadholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands as William III (1672–1702) and king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1689–1702), reigning jointly with Queen Mary II ...
Aug 11, 2022 · Mary II: key dates and facts. Born: 30 April 1662 at St James’s Palace, London. Died: 28 December 1694 at Kensington Palace. Parents: King James VII and II and Anne Hyde. Reigned: William and Mary became king and queen of England, Scotland and Ireland and Lord of Ireland on 13 February 1689. They reigned jointly for five years until Mary’s ...
Dec 6, 2018 · Mary Queen of Scots picks up in 1561 with the eponymous queen’s return to her native country. Widowed following the unexpected death of her first husband, France’s Francis II, she left her ...
Apr 2, 2014 · In 1558, Mary married Francis, the eldest son of French King Henry II and Catherine de Medicis. In 1559, Mary's husband was crowned Francis II, making Mary both the queen of Scotland and France's ...
Jul 5, 2022 · Esther Arnott. Queen Mary II of England was born on 30 April 1662, at St James’ Palace, London, the first-born daughter of James, Duke of York, and his first wife, Anne Hyde. Mary’s uncle was King Charles II, and her maternal grandfather, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, had been the architect of the restoration of Charles, returning her ...
5 days ago · Glorious Revolution, in English history, the events of 1688–89 that resulted in the deposition of James II and the accession of his daughter Mary II and her husband, William III, prince of Orange and stadholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. James II, detail of a painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller, c. 1685; in the National Portrait ...
