Title

The Duke of York (1633-1701), the future King James II, 1808.Artist: W N Gardiner

Caption

The Duke of York (1633-1701), the future King James II, 1808. James II was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1685 to 1688 and was the last Roman Catholic monarch to reign over Britain. Many of his subjects distrusted his religious policies and autocratic tendencies, leading a group of them to depose him in the Glorious Revolution in 1688. He was replaced by his Protestant daughter and son-in-law, Mary II and William III, who became joint rulers in 1689. James made one serious attempt to recover his crowns, when he landed in Ireland in 1689. After his defeat at the Battle of the Boyne in the summer of 1690, James returned to France where he lived out the rest of his life under the protection of his cousin and ally, King Louis XIV.
The Print Collector collection

Date

Nov 30, 1999

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C26_476

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (5,5Mb) / 11,5in x 16,9in / 3441 x 5082 (300dpi)

Keywords

portrait England people religious country religion monarch British English king royal Christianity war location Catholic Catholicism century Roman Catholic Britain rebellion revolution royalty concept battle B&W one person MONOCHROME 17th century engraving 19th century black & white black and white B W Duke Roman Catholicism nineteenth century seventeenth century The Print Collector Battle of the Boyne deposed Duke of York Glorious Revolution 1688 sovereign King James II James Stuart James James II engraving Peter Lely;Lely Peter;Sir Peter Lely Stuart Duke of York King of England and Ireland James II and VII W N Gardiner WN Gardiner Gardiner W N Gardiner WN engraving