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James II of England
James II and VII was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from February 1685 until he was deposed in the 1688 Glorious Revolution. The last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland, his reign was marked by conflicts over religion, absolutism and the divine right of kings; his deposition ended a century of political and civil strife by confirming the p…
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politics · King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1685 to 1688 · politician · slave trader · sovereign · monarch · also James II of England, James VII, James VII of Scotland, James, Duke of York Stuart, James II Stuart, James, Duke of York and Albany
Born 14 October 1633 · Died 5 September 1701 · Q126188
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2026· 4 entries
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2013· 1 entry
In Making Toleration: The Repealers and the Glorious Revolution
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2009· 1 entry
Steven Pincus confronted that scholarly ambivalence in 1688: The First Modern Revolution
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2000· 1 entry
Accepted the claims of James's absolutism, but argued that "his main concern was to secure religious liberty and civil equality for Catholics
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1928· 1 entry
Casting James as an honourable man and a true advocate for freedom of conscience, and his enemies "men in the small clique of great fortunes
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1701· 1 entry
Died 1701-09-05.
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1688· 1 entry
Career landmark: Jacobite pretender (1688–1701).
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1685· 4 entries
Career landmark: Lord High Admiral (1685–1688).
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Career landmark: monarch of England (1685–1688).
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Career landmark: monarch of Scotland (1685–1688).
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Career landmark: King of Ireland (1685–1688).
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1660· 2 entries
Career landmark: Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (1660–1673).
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Career landmark: Lord High Admiral (1660–1673).
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1642· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Garter (1642).
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1633· 2 entries
Born 1633-10-14.
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Career landmark: Duke of York (1633–1685).
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