James II of England
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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 Eng
Reception of James and his brother Charles in Bruges on 2 October 1656
James and Anne Hyde in the 1660s, by Sir Peter Lely
Wedding suit of James II, 1673, in the Victoria and Albert Museum
Jacobite succession
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The Jacobite succession is the line through which Jacobites believe that the crowns of England, Scotland, and Ireland should have descended, applying male preference primogeniture, since the depositio
Memorial to the three Stuart pretenders, 'James III', and his sons, Charles and Henry, above their place of interment in the crypt of St. Peter's Basilica, in the Vatican. By Antonio Canova, 1819.
Monument to the Stuarts detail
King James II and VII
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart by Alexis Simon Belle