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William's parents, William II of Orange and Mary, Princess Royal, 1647. William III was born in The Hague in the Dutch Republic on 4 November 1650. [c] [2] Baptised William Henry (Dutch: Willem Hendrik), he was the only child of Mary, Princess Royal, and stadtholder William II, Prince of Orange.
One example held in the Ulster Museum featured the inscription "The glorious and immortal memory of King William and his Queen Mary and perpetual disappointment to the Pope, the Pretender, and all the enemies of the Protestant religion". Paintings of William, often on his horse, were common in stately homes and public buildings in Ireland in ...
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. Her joint reign with William over Britain is known as that of William and Mary.
William ruled jointly with his wife, Mary, [2] James's daughter, until her death in 1694, and then solely until his own death in 1702. [3] In the 18th century, it became fairly common for members of the Whig Ascendancy to assert their support for the Protestant Succession, and by implication their opposition to the Jacobite challenge, by ...
William and Mary often refers to: . The joint reign of William III of England (II of Scotland) and Mary II of England (and Scotland); William and Mary style, a furniture design common from 1700 to 1725 named for the couple
William III, Prince of Orange, ascended the English throne in 1688 following the overthrow of James II in the Glorious Revolution.William ruled jointly with his wife, Mary, [2] James's daughter, until her death in 1694, and then solely until his own death in 1702. [3]
The 2nd Parliament of King William III and Queen Mary II was summoned by William III of England and Mary II of England on 6 February 1690 and assembled on 20 March 1690. The new parliament was more or less equally divided along party lines, with 243 Whig and 241 Tory members, plus 28 others.
After the birth of James, Prince of Wales in 1688 appeared to secure the Catholic succession, William led an invasion force that sailed from Holland and landed on the English coast at the Devon port of in Torbay. Within a short time the government of James II collapsed and William and his wife Mary II were declared dual monarchs.