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The Bill of Rights had established the succession with the heirs of Mary II, Anne and William III in that order, Mary had died of smallpox in 1694, aged 32, and without children. Anne's only surviving child (out of 17 children), The Duke of Gloucester, had died at the age of 11, and William was, in July 1700, dying. The succession had to be ...
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On William's death in 1702, his sister-in-law Anne...
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William of Orange (part of what is now known as the...
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William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), [b] 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 the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in ...
William and Mary became king and queen regnant. Mary mostly deferred to her husband – a renowned military leader and principal opponent of Louis XIV – when he was in England. She did, however, act alone when William was engaged in military campaigns abroad, proving herself to be a powerful, firm, and effective ruler.
William of Orange (part of what is now known as the Netherlands) had a double connection with the royal house of Stuart. He was the son of Princess Mary, daughter of Charles I, and he married his cousin, another Princess Mary, the daughter of James VII and II (by his Protestant first wife Anne Hyde). William was a delicate, posthumous child ...
The King and Queen ruled jointly from 1689 until Mary’s death aged 32 in 1694. The Stuart Dynasty. William and Mary were cousins, sharing King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria as grandparents. Mary was the daughter of Charles I's youngest son, King James II, and his first wife Anne Hyde.
Timeline 1689 - 1702. Name: King William III and Queen Mary II. Full Name: William Henry of Orange and Mary Stuart. Born: November 14, 1650 at The Hague, Netherlands; Mary: April 30, 1662 at St James Palace, London. Parents: William II of Orange and Mary Stuart; Mary: James II and Anne Hyde. Relation to Charles III: 2nd cousin 9 times removed.
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Sep 19, 2024 · William III, stadholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands (1672–1702) and king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1689–1702), reigning jointly with Queen Mary II (until her death in 1694). He directed the European opposition to Louis XIV and, in Britain, secured the triumph of Protestantism.
