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James II and VII (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, until he was deposed in the 1688 Glorious Revolution.
Portrait of James when Duke of York in 1684, by Godfrey Kneller. Mary of Modena in c. 1687 after her coronation as queen consort, a portrait by Godfrey Kneller.. James's predecessor and elder brother, King Charles II, had come to the throne in the 1660 Stuart Restoration, which followed the English Civil Wars, the execution of Charles I and the five year republic known as The Protectorate.
In 1016 Cnut the Great, a Dane, was the first to call himself "King of England". In the Norman period "King of the English" remained standard, with occasional use of "King of England" or Rex Anglie. From John's reign onwards all other titles were eschewed in favour of "King" or "Queen of England".
King Charles II 1630–1685 r. 1649–1651 r. 1660–1685 (Scotland) r. 1660–1685 (England) Catherine of Braganza 1638–1705 Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland: William II 1626–1650 Prince of Orange: Mary Princess Royal 1631–1660 Princess of Orange: Anne Hyde 1637–1671 Duchess of York: King James II [a] 1633–1701 r. 1685–1688 ...
Anne Hyde (12 March 1637 – 31 March 1671) [2] [a] was the first wife of James, Duke of York, who later became King James II and VII.. Anne was the daughter of a member of the English gentry—Edward Hyde (later created Earl of Clarendon)—and met her future husband when they were both living in exile in the Netherlands.
James II; attempts to impose the Declaration of Indulgence destroyed his support base. Despite his Catholicism, James II became king in February 1685 with widespread support in all three kingdoms, resulting in the rapid defeat of the 1685 Monmouth Rebellion in England and Argyll's Rising in Scotland. [1]
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James II may refer to: James II of Avesnes (died c. 1205), knight of the Fourth Crusade; James II of Majorca (died 1311), Lord of Montpellier; James II of Aragon (1267–1327), King of Sicily; James II, Count of La Marche (1370–1438), King Consort of Naples; James II, Count of Urgell (1380–1433) James II of Scotland (1430–1460), King of ...