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  1. www.forbes.com › profile › james-franceJames France - Forbes

    4 days ago · James France inherited an estimated 36% of Nascar, the stock-car racing business founded in 1948 by his father, William France Sr. He has sat on Nascar's board of directors since 2000.

  2. 2 days ago · As William advanced on London, James's army disintegrated and he went into exile in France on 23 December. In April 1689, while Dutch troops occupied London, Parliament made William and Mary joint monarchs of England and Ireland.

  3. 4 days ago · James II and VII (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685, until he was deposed in the 1688 Glorious Revolution.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Louis_XIVLouis XIV - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · Although an attempt to restore James II failed at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, France accumulated a string of victories from Flanders in the north, Germany in the east, and Italy and Spain in the south, to the high seas and the colonies.

  5. Oct 8, 2024 · Eight dead after attempting to cross English Channel from France to the UK About 20 people have lost their lives in two weeks while making the perilous journey on overcrowded boats. Published On ...

  6. Oct 3, 2024 · The bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627–1704), one of the principal French theorists of divine right, asserted that the king’s person and authority were sacred; that his power was modeled on that of a father’s and was absolute, deriving from God; and that he was governed by reason (i.e., custom and precedent).

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  8. Oct 1, 2024 · Mary of Modena (born October 5, 1658, Modena, Modena [Italy]—died May 7, 1718, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France) was the second wife of King James II of England; it was presumably on her inducement that James fled from England during the Glorious Revolution (1688–89).

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