James II (VII in Scotland) Stuart, King of England[1] 1633 - 1701

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• Suffix	King of England
  Birth	14 Oct 1633	St. James' Palace, Pall Mall, London, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  History	Best known for his belief in absolute monarchy and his attempts to create religious liberty for his subjects. Both of these went against the wishes of the English Parliament and of most of his subjects.
  Occupation	23 Apr 1685	Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England
  	King: 6 Feb 1685 to 11 Dec 1688 (deposed)
  History	05 Jul 1687	Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
  	Isaac Newton (Sir) (born 4 Jan 1643 Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, died 31 Mar 1727) physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, theologian and one of the most influential men in history publishes his 'Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica'. A 3 volume work it contains Newton's Laws of Motion and his theory on Gravity.
  		Isaac Newton by Godfrey Kneller
  History	1688	England
  	The Glorious Revolution of 1688 saw the overthrow of King James II of England (VII of Scotland) by a union of Parliamentarians with an invading army led by the Dutch stadtholder (Dutch: stadhouder, "steward" or literally "place-keeper") William of Orange, who as a result ascended the English throne. Sometimes called the Bloodless Revolution but but this ignores the three major battles in Ireland and serious fighting in Scotland. The expression "Glorious Revolution" was first used by John Hampden in the autumn of 1689. For Catholics, however, it was disastrous both socially and politically. Catholics were denied the right to vote and sit in the Westminster Parliament for over 100 years after this. They were also denied commissions in the British army and the monarch was forbidden to be Catholic or marry a Catholic, thus ensuring the Protestant succession. Jacobitism was a response to the deposition of James II (VII) in 1688. The movement took its name from the Latin form Jacobus of the name of King James II and VII
  Died	16 Sep 1701	Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris, Île-de-France, France
  	Age: 67
  Buried	Church of the English Benedictines, Rue St. Jacques, Paris, Île-de-France, France
  Person ID	I1750113065	Axholme
  Last Modified	09 Jul 2009

  
  

  Father	Charles I Stuart, King of England, Scots and Ireland,   b. 19 Nov 1600, Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland ,   d. 30 Jan 1649, The Mansion House, Whitehall, London, Middlesex, England
  Mother	Henrietta Maria de Bourbon, Queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland, Princess of France,   b. 25 Nov 1609, Palais-Royal (Palais-Cardinal), Palais du Louvre, Paris, Île-de-France, France ,   d. 10 Sep 1669, Château St. Colombes, Paris, Île-de-France, France
  Married	13 Jun 1625	St. Augustine's Church, Canterbury, Kent, England
  Family ID	F672661633	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Lady Anne Hyde,   b. 22 Mar 1638, Cranbourne Lodge, Windsor, Berkshire, England ,   d. 31 Mar 1671, St. James Palace, London, Middlesex, England
  Married	03 Sep 1660	London, England
  	Type: Married 24 Nov 1659 secretly
  Children	1. Mary II Stuart, Queen of England,   b. 30 Apr 1662, St. James' Palace, Pall Mall, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 28 Dec 1694, Kensington Palace, Kensington, Middlesex, England > 2. Anne Stuart, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland,   b. 06 Feb 1665, St. James' Palace, Pall Mall, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 01 Aug 1714, Kensington Palace, Kensington, Middlesex, England   3. James Stuart, Duke of Cambridge, KG,   b. 11 Jul 1663, St. James' Palace, Pall Mall, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 20 Jun 1667, Sheen (Richmond) Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England   4. Charles Stuart, Duke of Kendal,   b. 04 Jul 1666, St. James' Palace, Pall Mall, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 22 May 1667, St. James' Palace, Pall Mall, London, Middlesex, England   5. Edgar Stuart, Duke of Cambridge, KG,   b. 14 Sep 1667, St. James' Palace, Pall Mall, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 08 Jun 1671, Sheen (Richmond) Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2009
  Family ID	F672661635	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Arabella Churchill,   b. 23 Feb 1648, England ,   d. 30 May 1730
  Married	Type: Mistress
  Children	1. James FitzJames Stuart, 1st Duke of Berwick,   b. 21 Aug 1670, Moulins, Allier, France ,   d. 12 Jun 1734 > 2. Henrietta FitzJames,   b. 1667,   d. 1730   3. Henry "the Grand Prior" Fitzjames,   b. Aug 1673,   d. 16 Dec 1702, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, Languedoc-Roussillon, France   4. Arabella Fitzjames,   b. 1674,   d. 1704
  Last Modified	09 Jul 2009
  Family ID	F672667150	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester,   b. Abt 1657, England ,   d. 26 Oct 1717, Bath, Somerset, England
  Married	Type: Mistress
  Children	> 1. Catherine Darnley,   d. 1743
  Last Modified	09 Jul 2009
  Family ID	F1345568486	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 4	Mary (Beatrice Eleanor Anne Margaret Isabel) Este of Modena, Queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland,   b. 05 Oct 1658, Ducal Palace, Modena, Italy ,   d. 07 May 1718, Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris, Île-de-France, France
  Married	20 Sep 1673
  	Type: Catholic ceremony by proxy
  Children	> 1. James Francis Edward 'The Old Pretender' Stuart, Prince of Wales,   b. 10 Jun 1688, St. James' Palace, Pall Mall, London, Middlesex, England ,   d. 01 Jan 1766, Palazzo Muti, Rome, Italy   2. Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart, The Princess Royal,   b. 28 Jun 1692, Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris, Île-de-France, France ,   d. 18 Apr 1712, Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris, Île-de-France, France
  Last Modified	09 Jul 2009
  Family ID	F672667151	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Event Birth - 14 Oct 1633 - St. James' Palace, Pall Mall, London, Middlesex, England Married - Type: Married 24 Nov 1659 secretly - 03 Sep 1660 - London, England Occupation - King: 6 Feb 1685 to 11 Dec 1688 (deposed) - 23 Apr 1685 - Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England History - Isaac Newton (Sir) (born 4 Jan 1643 Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, died 31 Mar 1727) physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, theologian and one of the most influential men in history publishes his 'Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica'. A 3 volume work it contains Newton's Laws of Motion and his theory on Gravity. - 05 Jul 1687 - Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England History - The Glorious Revolution of 1688 saw the overthrow of King James II of England (VII of Scotland) by a union of Parliamentarians with an invading army led by the Dutch stadtholder (Dutch: stadhouder, "steward" or literally "place-keeper") William of Orange, who as a result ascended the English throne. Sometimes called the Bloodless Revolution but but this ignores the three major battles in Ireland and serious fighting in Scotland. The expression "Glorious Revolution" was first used by John Hampden in the autumn of 1689. For Catholics, however, it was disastrous both socially and politically. Catholics were denied the right to vote and sit in the Westminster Parliament for over 100 years after this. They were also denied commissions in the British army and the monarch was forbidden to be Catholic or marry a Catholic, thus ensuring the Protestant succession. Jacobitism was a response to the deposition of James II (VII) in 1688. The movement took its name from the Latin form Jacobus of the name of King James II and VII - 1688 - England  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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  James II James II by Sir Peter Lely (1618-1690) The Royal Collection © 2006, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

  
  

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