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Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, co-reigning 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 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.
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 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
The Massachusetts Charter of 1691 was a charter that formally established the Province of Massachusetts Bay.Issued by the government of William III and Mary II, the corulers of the Kingdom of England, the charter defined the government of the colony, whose lands were drawn from those previously belonging to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony, and portions of the Province of New York.
Samir Hussein/WireImage (From left) Kate Middleton, King Charles, Prince George, Prince William and Queen Camilla walk to church on Christmas at Sandringham on Dec. 25, 2023
The poet William Drummond of Hawthornden, who was a friend and former fellow student of William King's at Edinburgh University, [15] wrote a poem entitled On Mary King's Pest. [16] The Mary King of the poem was probably William King's daughter 'Marie', who is attested as dying of the plague in Thomas Craufurd's historical account, not her aunt ...
King Charles III had a tumultuous marriage to Princess Diana before the Prince and Princess of Wales finalized their divorce in 1996. Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005.