Queen Mary II
| Mary II | |
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Portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1690
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| Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (more...) | |
| Reign | 1689 – 28 December 1694 |
| Coronation | 11 April 1689 |
| Predecessor | James II & VII |
| Successor | William III & II |
| Co-monarch | William III & II |
| Born |
30 April 1662 (N.S.: 10 May 1662) St James's Palace, London |
| Died | 28 December 1694 (aged 32) (N.S.: 7 January 1695) Kensington Palace, London |
| Burial | 5 March 1695 Westminster Abbey, London |
| Spouse | William III & II (m. 1677) |
| House | Stuart |
| Father | James II & VII |
| Mother | Anne Hyde |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was joint monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland with her husband and first cousin, William III of Orange, from 1689 until her death. William and Mary, both Protestants, became king and queen regnant following the Glorious Revolution, which resulted in the adoption of the English Bill of Rights and the deposition of her Roman Catholic father, James II and VII. William became sole ruler upon her death in 1694. Popular histories usually refer to their joint reign as that of "William and Mary".
Mary wielded less power than William when he was in England, ceding most of her authority to him, though he heavily relied on her. She did, however, act alone when William was engaged in military campaigns abroad, proving herself to be a powerful, firm, and effective ruler.
Mary, born at St James's Palace in London on 30 April 1662, was the eldest daughter of the Duke of York (the future King James II & VII), and his first wife, Anne Hyde. Mary's uncle was King Charles II, who ruled the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland; her maternal grandfather, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, served for a lengthy period as Charles's chief advisor. She was baptised into the Anglican faith in the Chapel Royal at St James's, and was named after her ancestor, Mary, Queen of Scots. Her godparents included her father's cousin, Prince Rupert of the Rhine. Although her mother bore eight children, all except Mary and her younger sister Anne died very young, and King Charles II had no legitimate children. Consequently, for most of her childhood, Mary was second in line to the throne after her father.
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