Half-length, standing slightly to the left, James II of England (1633-1701) is seen in wig, lace cravat and armor. Oval format. Inscribed below: Jacobus II dus D. G. Aug. Sco. Fra et Hib Rex. G.

James II., Adventures. SKIP ADVERTISEMENT. Skip to content Skip to site index ... PERHAPS the title of the volume, "The Adventures of King James II. of England," is a trifle misguiding.

Fear of Catholic tyranny. The Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689 replaced the reigning king, James II, with the joint monarchy of his protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange.

King James II of England narrowly escaped the sinking ship named "The Gloucester". A royal warship that sank off the east coast of Britain more than 300 years ago while carrying a future king was ...

Three years before he ascended the throne in 1685, the future James II of England narrowly survived a shipwreck that claimed the lives of an estimated 130 to 250 people. Running afoul of a ...

James Stuart, the son of King Charles I, survived. He went on to reign as King James II of England and Ireland and as James VII of Scotland from 1685 to 1688, when he was deposed by the Glorious ...

James Stuart, later James II of England, survived the sinking but up to around 250 sailors and passengers died; He's largely thought to have caused such disastrous loss of life by influencing the ...

For 67 years, James "the Pretender" remained outside of England proclaiming himself a king even though he possessed no crown at all. And thus, this ties in brilliantly with LeBron James .

And that, Popper said, was how James Blair appealed to her. Blair was ordained in the Church of England in 1679 but was deprived of his parish in Edinburgh two years later for refusing to take an oath ...

James II outraged the established Church of England by offering “indulgence” to both Catholics and Dissenters. ... The England of the late 17th century was richer and more powerful than ever.