King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685 until he was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He is best known for bucking the Anglican establishment by trying to procure religious liberty for English Roman Catholics and Protestant no...
James II n 1. (Biography) 1430–60, king of Scotland (1437–60), son of James I 2. (Biography) 1633–1701, king of England, Ireland, and, as James VII, of Scotland (1685–88); son of Charles I. His pro-Catholic sympathies and arbitrary rule caused the Whigs and Tories to unit...
THIS PAST SATURDAY was the anniversary of the birth of King James II and VII of England and Scotland. The third son of Charles I, he was baptised into the Anglican church six weeks after his birth and was created Duke of York at eleven years of age. James married Anne Hyde, the daugh...
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James VII. Duke and King of Scots, 1633–1701doi:10.1080/02606755.2016.1204765"James VII. Duke and King of Scots, 1633–1701." Parliaments, Estates and Representation, 37(1), pp. 94–95Daniel SzechiUniversity of ManchesterParliaments, Estates and Representation...
James became ill with a recurring fever and then suffered a stroke. He died on March 27, 1625, aged 58, atTheobalds Housein Hertfordshire, England, one of his favorite country homes. He was buried in the Henry VII Chapel atWestminster Abbeyin the vault of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York...
James’s reign included the Gunpowder plot (Catholics trying to blow up Parliament), English colonisation of Northern Ireland and the Americas, and witch hunts (of which he was a real proponent). He had close (likely sexual) relationships with male favorites. ...
With Olivia Colman in 'The Favourite' and Margot Robbie in 'Mary Queen of Scots,' queens have been reigning at the box office recently. Trace the royal family's blood line more than 450 years through these historical movies.
In the winter of 1688-9 King James II and VII fled Britain and was replaced on the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland by his son-in-law William of Orange and daughter Mary in events known as the Glorious Revolution. Across the Thre... JAJ Chambers 被引量: 0发表: 2016年 加载更...
What happened next: James, Duke of York (the one who took New Amsterdam from the Dutch and renamed it New York) took over from his brother as James II. His being a Catholic freaked everyone out, and when one of Charles II's illegitimate kids (the Duke of Monmouth) launched a rebellion...