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A bronze statue of William III of England stands on the south side of Kensington Palace in London, facing towards the Golden Gates. The statue was designed by Heinrich Baucke and erected in 1907. It was cast by the Gladenbeck foundry in Berlin and given as a gift by the German Emperor Wilhelm II to his uncle, King Edward VII. [1]
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 III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), [c] also known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1672, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702.
During William's birthday celebrations, the statue was painted white, and decorated with an orange cloak and sash with orange streamers. In July, the statue was decorated with orange lilies. [4] In 1836, the statue was bombed, but was re-erected. It was later destroyed by another bomb in 1929. [5]
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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 1697 the first proposal had been made to erect a statue in the king's honour in St James's Square, home to many of his strongest supporters. [ 4 ]
William III: St. James's Square: 1807 John Bacon the Younger [25] Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey 1862–7 Thomas Woolner [26] Outside Kensington Palace: 1908 Heinrich Baucke [27] Mary II: Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey 1862–8 Alexander Munro [28] Anne: Market House, Kingston upon Thames: 1706 Francis Bird: Queen Anne's Gate ...
Statue of William III may refer to: Equestrian statue of William III, Bristol; Equestrian statue of William III, Glasgow; Equestrian statue of William III, London;