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Mary, Princess Royal (Mary Henrietta Stuart; 4 November 1631 – 24 December 1660), was a British princess, a member of the House of Stuart, and by marriage Princess of Orange and Countess of Nassau. She acted as regent for her minor son from 1651 to 1660.
- 29 December 1660, Westminster Abbey, City of Westminster, Middlesex, Kingdom of England
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Mar 26, 2024 · Mary Of Orange (born Nov. 4, 1631—died Dec. 24, 1660, [Jan. 3, 1661, new style], London) was the eldest daughter of the English king Charles I and wife of the Dutch stadholder William II of Orange. The marriage to Prince William took place in London and in 1642 she crossed over to Holland.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mary became Princess of Orange in March 1647 when William’s father died. Mary’s relationship with her mother-in-law Amalia was not very good while the relationship with the rival court of Elizabeth Stuart – who was also her aunt – was very good.
Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, co-reigning with her husband, King William III and II, from 1689 until her death in 1694. She was also Princess of Orange following her marriage on 4 November 1677.
Dec 24, 2016 · Mary of Orange – first Princess Royal. The eldest daughter of Charles I and his queen, Henrietta Maria was born in 1631. In France it was the norm for the eldest daughter of the king to be called Madame Royale.
William of Orange (part of what is now known as the Netherlands) had a double connection with the royal house of Stuart. He was the son of Princess Mary, daughter of Charles I, and he married his cousin, another Princess Mary, the daughter of James VII and II (by his Protestant first wife Anne Hyde).
William and Mary were cousins, sharing King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria as grandparents. Mary was the daughter of Charles I's youngest son, King James II, and his first wife Anne Hyde. William was the son of Charles I's daughter, Princess Mary and William II, Prince of Orange, in the present-day Netherlands. The House of Orange-Nassau ...
