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She was the eldest daughter of James, Duke of York (the future James II of England), and his first wife, Anne Hyde. Mary and her sister Anne were raised as Anglicans at the behest of Charles II, although their parents both converted to Roman Catholicism. Charles lacked legitimate children, making Mary second in the line of succession.
William and his wife, James's elder daughter Mary, were recognised by the English and Scottish parliaments as king and queen. As they had no children, Mary's younger sister, Anne, was designated their heir presumptive in England and Scotland. [1] The accession of William and Mary and the succession through Anne were enshrined in the Bill of ...
In 1534, William Stafford secretly wed, as her second husband, Mary Boleyn (c. 1499 – 1543), sister of King Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn. Mary Boleyn is said to have been pregnant at the time of her marriage to Sir William Stafford [9] and they may have had two children: [10] [11] Edward Stafford (1535–1545).
Amelia's premature death in 1810 devastated her sister, who had nursed her devotedly during her painful illness. Princess Mary was quite close to her eldest brother, and she shared his antipathy toward his wife, their cousin Caroline of Brunswick. When the latter left for Italy, Princess Mary congratulated her brother "on the prospect of a good ...
She was raised with her sister Mary by her mother. The Glynne sisters, very close, were renowned for their beauty. They married on the same day, 25 July 1839, in Hawarden Church, [1] and their families visited one another and holidayed together incessantly. Catharine married William Ewart Gladstone and Mary married George Lyttelton, 4th Baron ...
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The last wills and testaments of Giles (d. 1671) and Margaret (d. 1663) mention Giles' six children "of which four lived," but not his wife Mary. [17] Giles' other quasi-monastic sister Mary died in 1658. [18] If Mary Kittamaquund left or outlived Giles Sr. and returned to become a Piscataway matriarch, she could have moved to Brent lands in ...
This marriage was certain to enrage King James I of England, since William, like Arbella, had a respectable claim to the throne (by some reckonings she was fourth in line to the throne and he was sixth in line). Arbella and Seymour tried to escape to France in 1611. For this, Mary was imprisoned in the Tower of London. It was said that Arbella ...