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Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland with her husband, King William III and II, from 1689 until her death in 1694.She was also Princess of Orange following her marriage on 4 November 1677.
William's lack of children and the death in 1700 of his nephew the Duke of Gloucester, the son of his sister-in-law Anne, threatened the Protestant succession. The danger was averted by placing William and Mary's cousins, the Protestant Hanoverians, in line to the throne after Anne with the Act of Settlement 1701.
Mary and William became joint monarchs. Although the sisters had been close, disagreements over Anne's finances, status, and choice of acquaintances arose shortly after Mary's accession and they became estranged. William and Mary had no children. After Mary's death in 1694, William reigned alone until his own death in 1702, when Anne succeeded him.
The Bill of Rights 1689 established that, whichever of the joint monarchs, William III and Mary II, died first, the other would reign alone. As Mary II died first, on 28 December 1694, William III became sole remaining monarch. On the day of Mary's death, the line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones was:
William and his wife, James's elder daughter Mary, were recognised by the English and Scottish parliaments as king and queen. As they had no children, Mary's younger sister, Anne, was designated their heir presumptive in England and Scotland. [1] The accession of William and Mary and the succession through Anne were enshrined in the Bill of ...
illegitimate children: Frederick III 1609–1670 King of Denmark: House of Orléans: Charles Stuart Duke of Cambridge 1660–1661: Queen Mary II 1662–1694 r. 1689–1694: King William III [a] 1650–1702 r. 1689–1702: James Stuart 1663–1667 Duke of Cambridge: Queen Anne 1665–1714 r. 1702–1714: Prince George 1653–1708 of Denmark ...
Mary Randolph (born probably November 1683) [31] married Captain John Stith, a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and the son of John Stith, around 1712. [31] [35] [36] Her son, William Stith, was the third president of the College of William and Mary; [31] her son-in-law, William Dawson, was the second president of The College of ...
William & Mary also sent two of its enslaved children, Adam and Fanny, to the Bray School in 1769. [ 9 ] [ 14 ] The curriculum focused on the Bible and Anglican catechesis , [ 18 ] with Wager escorting the students to Bruton Parish services on feast days and giving students copies of the Book of Common Prayer after completing an exam on the ...