Mary II parents: James, Duke of York (later James II), and Anne Hyde date and place of birth: 30 April 1662 at St James's Palace, London years of reign: 1689-1694 date and place of death: 28 December 1694 at Kensington Palace place of burial: Westminster Abbey date of marriage: 4 November 1677 at St James's […]
The Stuarts
The Stuarts were the first kings of the United Kingdom. King James VI of Scotland became also King James I of England, thus combining the two thrones for the first time.
The Stuart dynasty reigned in England and Scotland from 1603 to 1714, a period which saw a flourishing Court culture but also much upheaval and instability, of plague, fire and war.
It was an age of intense religious debate and radical politics. Both contributed to a bloody civil war in the mid-seventeenth century between Crown and Parliament (the Cavaliers and the Roundheads), resulting in a parliamentary victory for Oliver Cromwell and the dramatic execution of King Charles I.
Biographies
MONARCHS:
William III & Mary II
STUART CITIZENS:
Events
The Glorious Revolution of 1688
Can you imagine a King of England creeping out of his palace in the middle of the night, in disguise, and dropping the Great Seal of the realm into the River Thames as he fled? That is exactly what James II did in December 1688. Within a few weeks his daughter and her Dutch husband […]