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Portrait of James II of England is a 1684 portrait painting by the German-born British artist Godfrey Kneller. [1] It depicts the future James II, then Duke of York and heir to his brother Charles II. [2] He is shown dressed as Lord High Admiral, a position he had been forced to resign from during the Exclusion Crisis of 1673 but had lately ...
Coronation procession of King James II and Queen Mary, 1685. Charles II died on 6 February 1685 from apoplexy, after supposedly converting to Catholicism on his deathbed. [72] Having no legitimate children, he was succeeded by his brother James, who reigned in England and Ireland as James II and in Scotland as James VII.
Portrait of James, Duke of York is a 1673 portrait painting by the French artist Henri Gascar depicting the future James II of England, then Duke of York. [1] [2] [3] James is portrayed in Baroque style in Roman clothing in the style of Mars, the god of war. He stands in a pavilion with his flagship the Royal Prince in the background.
James Stuart, Duke of Cambridge KG (12 July 1663 – 20 June 1667) was the second son of the Duke of York (later James II of England) and his first wife, Anne Hyde. In 1664, the infant James became the first Duke of Cambridge and Baron of Dauntsey, titles his uncle, King Charles II, created especially for him. The King also appointed Cambridge ...
Josiah insisted that each of his sons must learn a trade. He had great dreams of Benjamin becoming a minister, [ 2 ] but Josiah could only afford to send his son to school for two years. As his young Benjamin loved to read, Josiah apprenticed him to his brother James, who was a printer.
John Wiley & Sons, a publishing company; John A. Wiley (1843–1909), Pennsylvania businessman, National Guard and Civil War soldier; John Cooper Wiley (1893–1967), US foreign service officer and ambassador; John D. Wiley (born 1942), former Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin–Madison; John F. Wiley (1920–2013), American football ...
On the day that James II fled the country, 23 December 1688, the line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones was: James, Prince of Wales (born 1688), James II's only surviving son; Mary, Princess of Orange (born 1662), James II's first daughter; Princess Anne of Denmark and Norway (born 1665), James II's second daughter
Painting of John Smith and colonists landing in Jamestown. On 4 May [O.S. 14 May] 1607, 105 to 108 English men and boys (surviving the voyage from England) established the Jamestown Settlement for the Virginia Company of London, on a slender peninsula on the bank of the James River. It became the first long-term English settlement in North America.