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Oct 11, 2023 · Quotes about James II [ edit ] A great king, with strong armies and mighty fleets, a vast treasure and powerful allies, fell all at once: and his whole strength, like a spider's web, was so irrecoverably broken with a touch, that he was never able to retrieve, what for want both of judgment and heart he threw up in a day. ~ Gilbert Burnet
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.
- James II succeeded his brother, Charles II, as king of England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1685 and was deposed by the Glorious Revolution in 1688.
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- James II was the last British Stuart king in the direct line. The Glorious Revolution that overthrew him also permanently established Parliament as...
- James II’s first wife, Anne, was Protestant (though she converted to Catholicism), and their daughters were Mary II (wife of William of Orange and...
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"The divisions among Protestants and the necessity of an infallible judge to decide controversies, together with some promises which Christ made to his church in general that the gates of hell shou...
Clarke, J. S. (1816). The life of James the Second (2 volumes). London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown.Speck, W.A., James II and VII (1633–1701), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2008 accessed 18 Nov 2008James II of England on WikipediaJames II of England on Wikimedia CommonsJames 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.
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May 19, 2024 · Quotes James II of England (1633 – 1701). King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685 until he was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
