William II of Scotland

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King of England King of Ireland King of Scotland Stadtholder of the Netherlands human monarch

William II of Scotland, better known as William III of England, was the Dutch-born Protestant prince who came to the British throne in the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and ruled jointly with his wife Mary II.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	King of England ⓘ King of Ireland ⓘ King of Scotland ⓘ Stadtholder of the Netherlands ⓘ human ⓘ monarch ⓘ
birthName	Willem Hendrik ⓘ
burialPlace	Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster Abbey
causeOfDeath	pneumonia ⓘ
coMonarch	Mary II of England ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Dutch Republic ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1650-11-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1702-03-08 ⓘ
father	William II, Prince of Orange ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	disease ⓘ
memberOfDynasty	House of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
militaryRank	Captain general ⓘ
monarchName	William II of Scotland ⓘ William III of England ⓘ William III of England ⓘ surface form: William III of Ireland
mother	Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Dutch ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of the Boyne ⓘ Battle of the Boyne ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Boyne (1690) Glorious Revolution ⓘ Nine Years' War ⓘ Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ
notableWork	Glorious Revolution ⓘ
opponent	James II of England ⓘ Louis XIV of France ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Binnenhof ⓘ surface form: Binnenhof, The Hague Dutch Republic ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Kensington Palace, London ⓘ surface form: Kensington Palace Kingdom of England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
politicalIdeology	Protestant constitutionalism ⓘ
positionHeld	Admiral-General of the Dutch Republic ⓘ Captain-General of the Dutch Republic ⓘ King of England ⓘ King of Ireland ⓘ Scottish monarch ⓘ surface form: King of Scotland Stadtholder of Gelderland ⓘ Stadtholder of Holland ⓘ Stadtholder of Overijssel ⓘ Stadtholder of Utrecht ⓘ Stadtholder of Zeeland ⓘ
predecessor	James II of England ⓘ
reignEnd	1702-03-08 ⓘ
reignStart	1689-02-13 ⓘ
religion	Calvinism ⓘ Protestantism ⓘ
residence	Hampton Court Palace ⓘ Het Loo Palace ⓘ Kensington Palace, London ⓘ surface form: Kensington Palace
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Mary II of England ⓘ
successor	Anne, Queen of Great Britain ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Duke of Argyll → createdBy → William II of Scotland ⓘ

Claim of Right Act 1689 (Scotland) → linkedToMonarch → William II of Scotland ⓘ

James II of England → successorAsKingOfScotland → William II of Scotland ⓘ

James VII of Scotland → successorAsKingOfScotland → William II of Scotland ⓘ