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William III and II (4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702) was King of England and Ireland from 13 February 1689 (as William III) and he was king of Scotland from 11 April 1689 (as William II). He remained king until his death on 8 March 1702. William was born in the Netherlands as Prince William Henry of Orange. His mother was Mary Stuart.
James of England may refer to: . James I of England (1566–1625), King of England from 1603; James II of England (1633–1701), King of England from 1685 to 1688; See also. James Francis Edward Stuart (1688–1766), Jacobite pretender to the British throne
James VII and II 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. His reign is now remembered primarily for conflicts over religious tolerance, but it also involved struggles over ...
William's successful invasion of England with a Dutch fleet and army led to his accession to the English throne as William III of England jointly with his wife Mary II of England, James' daughter. In April 1688, James had re-issued the Declaration of Indulgence and ordered all Anglican clergymen to read it to their congregations. When seven ...
The History of England from the Accession of James the Second. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second (1848) is the full title of the five-volume work by Lord Macaulay (1800–1859) more generally known as The History of England. It covers the 17-year period from 1685 to 1702, encompassing the reign of James II, the ...
James II of England is a character in the novel The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo. James appears in Geoffrey Trease 's 1947 novel, Trumpets in the West, which depicts him as a villain. [1] He was portrayed by Josef Moser in the 1921 Austrian silent film The Grinning Face and by Sam De Grasse in the 1928 silent film The Man Who Laughs . He has ...
Signature. Mary of Modena ( Italian: Maria Beatrice Eleonora Anna Margherita Isabella d'Este; [1] 5 October [ O.S. 25 September] 1658 – 7 May [ O.S. 26 April] 1718) was Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland as the second wife of James II and VII. A devout Catholic, Mary married the widower James, who was then the younger brother and heir ...
