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James II, King of Great Britain (1633-1701) Born 1633, St James's Palace. Died 1701, Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye [France] The second son of Charles I, and brother of Charles II, James was named Duke of York at birth. He became a successful naval commander during the reign of his brother and acceded to the throne in 1685.
James II, (born Oct. 14, 1633, London, Eng.—died Sept. 16/17, 1701, Saint-Germain, France), King of Great Britain (1685–88). He was brother and successor to Charles II. In the English Civil Wars he escaped to the Netherlands (1648). After the Restoration (1660) he returned to England and became lord high admiral in the Anglo-Dutch Wars.
James II of England (r. 1685-1688) reigned briefly as the king of England, Scotland, and Ireland until he was deposed by the Glorious Revolution of November 1688. James, also known as James VII of Scotland, was the fourth Stuart monarch. His pro-Catholic policies were not popular, and his short reign ended when he was forced into exile.
4 de set. de 2008 · 8 John Childs, The army, James II, and the Glorious Revolution (Manchester, 1980), pp. 1, 4. 9 9 One might note here The thoughts of a private person (London, 1689), a defence of the earl of Danby's uprising against James II in the north of England in November and December 1688, which Wing attributes to Danby himself.
James II and VII (14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701) was king of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1685 to 1688. He was King James II in England and Ireland, and King James VII in Scotland. He was also Duke of Normandy from 31 December 1660. He lost his kingdoms in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He did not succeed in taking them back in ...
31 de jan. de 2022 · King James II was born on 14th October 1633 to King Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France. He was the couple’s fourth child – his elder siblings were – Charles born and died in 1629, Charles born 1630 and Mary born 1631. As the second surviving son of the reigning monarch, he was styled Duke of York. James was privately tutored with his ...
24 de mai. de 2024 · James II (r. 1685-89) James II of England and VII of Scotland. Last Roman Catholic king of England. His promotion of co-religionists, and his suspension of the laws against both them and Protestant dissidents, antagonized Parliament and the aristocracy. Accused of absolutist ambitions, he so alienated his subjects that when William of Orange ...
