James VII of Scotland

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King of England King of Ireland King of Scotland Roman Catholic Stuart monarch human monarch

James VII of Scotland (also James II of England and Ireland) was the last Catholic monarch of Britain, whose reign ended with the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Charles II of Scotland	1
James II of England and VII of Scotland	1
James Stuart	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	King of England ⓘ King of Ireland ⓘ King of Scotland ⓘ Roman Catholic ⓘ Stuart monarch ⓘ human ⓘ monarch ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	James II of England ⓘ James II of England ⓘ surface form: James II of Ireland
birthDate	1633-10-14 ⓘ
birthPlace	London, England ⓘ surface form: London St James's Palace, London ⓘ surface form: St James's Palace
burialPlace	Church of the English Benedictines, Paris ⓘ
child	Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ James Francis Edward Stuart ⓘ Mary II of England ⓘ
deathDate	1701-09-16 ⓘ
deathPlace	Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye ⓘ France ⓘ Saint-Germain-en-Laye ⓘ
deposedIn	Glorious Revolution ⓘ
event	Glorious Revolution ⓘ
exiledTo	France ⓘ
father	Charles I of England ⓘ
house	House of Stuart ⓘ
militaryRank	Lord High Admiral of England ⓘ
mother	Henrietta Maria of France ⓘ
predecessorAsKingOfEngland	Charles II of England ⓘ
predecessorAsKingOfIreland	Charles II of England ⓘ surface form: Charles II of Ireland
predecessorAsKingOfScotland	Charles II of Scotland ⓘ
reignEndAsKingOfEngland	1688-12-23 ⓘ
reignEndAsKingOfIreland	1689-07-12 ⓘ
reignEndAsKingOfScotland	1689-04-11 ⓘ
reignStartAsKingOfEngland	1685-02-06 ⓘ
reignStartAsKingOfIreland	1685-02-06 ⓘ
reignStartAsKingOfScotland	1685-02-06 ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sibling	Charles II of England ⓘ Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester ⓘ
spouse	Anne Hyde ⓘ Mary of Modena ⓘ
successorAsKingOfEngland	Mary II of England ⓘ William III of England ⓘ
successorAsKingOfIreland	William III of England ⓘ surface form: William III of Ireland
successorAsKingOfScotland	Mary II of Scotland ⓘ William II of Scotland ⓘ
title	Duke of Albany ⓘ Duke of York ⓘ
wasLast	Catholic monarch of England ⓘ Catholic monarch of Ireland ⓘ Catholic monarch of Scotland ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Church of the English Benedictines, Paris → burialPlaceOf → James VII of Scotland ⓘ

Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield → father → James VII of Scotland ⓘ

Henrietta FitzJames → father → James VII of Scotland ⓘ

James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick → father → James VII of Scotland ⓘ

James Francis Edward Stuart → father → James VII of Scotland ⓘ

Order of the Thistle → foundedBy → James VII of Scotland ⓘ

James II of England → fullName → James VII of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: James Stuart

Coronation of James II → hasSubject → James VII of Scotland ⓘ

Claim of Right Act 1689 (Scotland) → linkedToMonarch → James VII of Scotland ⓘ

Scottish Covenanters → opposedBy → James VII of Scotland ⓘ

Glorious Revolution → overthrew → James VII of Scotland ⓘ

James II of England → predecessorAsKingOfScotland → James VII of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles II of Scotland

James Francis Edward Stuart → predecessorInJacobiteClaim → James VII of Scotland ⓘ

Order of the Thistle → reFoundedBy → James VII of Scotland ⓘ

James II of England → regnalName → James VII of Scotland ⓘ

Jacobite risings → significantFigure → James VII of Scotland ⓘ

this entity surface form: James II of England and VII of Scotland

Mary of Modena → spouse → James VII of Scotland ⓘ