For lukewarm, useless, or impotent friends, France has the Pope, who is indifferent; the King of England [James II] expelled from his country; the Grand Duke of Tuscany; the Dukes of Mantua, Modena, and Parma [all in Italy]; and the other faction of the Swiss. Some of these are sun...
Since Charles was a legal minor when Philip died on 17 September 1665, Mariana was appointed Queen Regent by the Council of Castile. The Spanish Empire remained an enormous global confederation, but its economic supremacy was increasingly challenged by the Dutch Republic and England, and its positi...
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 unite in inviting...
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland CAPITAL: London FLAG: The Union Jack, adopted in 1800, is a combination of the banners of England (St. George's flag: a red cross with extended horizontals on a white field), Scotland (St. Andrew's flag: a white saltire cross on ...
King James II of England, was the third, but the second surviving son ofKing Charles I of EnglandandHenrietta Maria of France, daughter ofKing Henri IV of France. He was designatedDuke of Yorkfrom birth, the traditional title of the monarch’s second son, but was not formally created unti...
King Charles II of England; Credit – Wikipedia King Charles II was born on May 29, 1630, at St. James’ Palace in London, England. He was the eldest surviving son ofKing Charles I of EnglandandHenrietta Maria of France, daughter ofKing Henri IV of France. Charles was theDuke of Cornw...
Jan van Huchtenburg: William III and Maximilian II EmanuelWilliam III, king of England, conferring with Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria, before their final assault on the French in the siege of Namur, Belgium, in August 1695, during the War of the Grand Alliance; painting by Jan...
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HERITAGE HIGHLIGHTS: Former headuarters of the Council of the NorthKing's Manor King's Manor is a lovely 15th-century building on Exhibition Square in York. It was built as a residence for the abbots of St Mary's Benedictine monastery, the wealthiest Benedictine house in northern England, ...
Meaning "one of the realms of nature" is from 1690s. Kingdom-come (n.) "the next world, the hereafter" (1785), originally slang, is from the Lord's Prayer, where it is an archaic simple present subjunctive ("may Thy kingdom come") in reference to the spiritual reign of God or ...