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Hace 1 día · James VII and II (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701) [a] was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII [4] 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.
- 6 February 1685 – 23 December 1688
- Henrietta Maria of France
Hace 1 día · A subsequent victory against Scotland at the Battle of Neville's Cross resulted in the capture of David II and reduced the threat from Scotland. The Black Death brought a halt to Edward's campaigns by killing perhaps a third of his subjects. The only Plantagenet known to have died from the Black Death was Edward III's daughter Joan in Bordeaux.
- 12th century
- Geoffrey V of Anjou
Hace 4 días · Scotland is the most northerly of the four parts of the United Kingdom, occupying about one-third of the island of Great Britain. It has a long and complicated history with England, with which it was merged in 1707 to form the United Kingdom. Its capital is Edinburgh.
Hace 1 día · When Charles II died in 1685, Anne's father became King James II of England and VII of Scotland. To the consternation of the English people, James began to give Catholics military and administrative offices, in contravention of the Test Acts that were designed to prevent such appointments.
- 8 March 1702 – 1 August 1714
- Anne Hyde
Hace 3 días · The Scots engineer who pioneered the wind turbine. When James Blyth created what many believe was the world’s first wind turbine in 1887, villagers dismissed it as the "work of the devil". The ...
Hace 5 días · 1. Code of Dishonor. In medieval England, a coat of arms could help you know right away if someone was born out of wedlock, or descended from someone who was. Illegitimate offspring sported a...
Hace 4 días · Her son, James (later James VI of Scotland) was probably sired by Lord Darnley although some suspect that he was really the son of her private secretary, David Rizzio. He became King James I of England after Elizabeth's death in 1603.
