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Hace 2 días · 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.
Hace 5 días · In response to policies that threatened to restore Catholicism in England, Parliament deposed King James II and called William of Orange from the Dutch Republic and his wife Mary, who was James’s Protestant daughter, to replace him.
Hace 3 días · King William III of England leading his forces to victory over the former king James II in the Battle of the Boyne (1690). (more) William III had come to England to further his Continental designs, but English politics conspired against him.
Hace 3 días · James VI ruled in England as James I after what was known as the "Union of the Crowns". Although England and Scotland were in personal union under one monarch – James I & VI became the first monarch to style himself "King of Great Britain" in 1604 – they remained two separate kingdoms.
Hace 5 días · The Glorious Revolution resulted in James II’s overthrow and the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in England. James II’s legacy remains complex, with some viewing him as a martyr for his faith and others as a tyrant. Further Reading. The Reign of James II by John Kenyon; The Glorious Revolution by J.R. Jones
Hace 5 días · A Proclamation declaring William and Mary King and Queen of England, to be King and Queen of Scotland. Edinburgh, April 12. 1689.
Hace 5 días · Calendar of State Papers Domestic: James II, 1686-7 Covers the period from January 1686 to May 1687. Crown Copyright: reproduced under the terms of the Click-Use Licence.
