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Early life
James fled to France, he joined the French army, in 1656 Charlie and the enemy of the United Kingdom after the Spanish League, he joined the Spanish army. His evaluation of his superior officer are very good.
Religion
In order to obtain Protestants favor in 1677, James married his daughter Mary, a Protestant (later William III). Nevertheless, Protestants and Catholics will be afraid of a king. Charles II's queen, especially in pregnancy did not increase gradually after birth, the fear was hysterical. An Anglican priest rumors that James has a standing order to kill King Charles, "the Pope's plot." James wisely left the UK to Brussels. 1680 Charles refers to him as Scotland's supreme command chairman, he settled in Edinburgh, Hao Li Lu Gong.
Rule
1686 religious problem is getting worse. James set up a panel of judges announced that the king could order the cancellation of an oath law. James took the opportunity to Catholics occupy the highest positions of the Kingdom. He met with the Pope's representatives in London, this is this is the first time since Mary I came to the United Kingdom on behalf of the Pope. James's confession is a Jesuit priest, he was especially Protestants as the enemy, these measures would have made James lost the support of his allies.
Glorious Revolution
James left the kingdom without a parliament convened, although the General Assembly convened by the monarch, but Williams called a "practice of Parliament" (the general practice of Parliament held in the throne when vacancies, such as Charles II granted the throne after the civil war is a practice of Parliament) . February 12, 1689, James stated practice of Parliament on December 11 had fled to London to give up the throne, so now vacant throne (the meeting did not give the throne to the son of James). James's daughter, decided to stand for the Queen Mary, she and her husband William III ruled jointly. April 11 the same year the Scottish Parliament passed a similar resolution.
March 1689, James led a French army landed in Ireland. Irish Parliament did not go after the British Parliament, but that James is still King of Ireland. But the July 1, 1690 James defeated in the Battle of Pawnee. He immediately fled to France. Because he was so timid, and many followers have abandoned him. In Ireland he was a "feces James" (Séamus á Chaca) of the title.
1694 Queen Mary II died in 1702 after the death of William III James Young's daughter Anne became Queen. Act published in 1701 stated: If the Act in 1689 under the successor after the death of all without children, the throne by a distant relative of the German Emperor Hou Hanover woman elected Protestant descendants of Sophia and her inheritance. Thus in 1714 the throne after the death of Anne Sophia's son George I from the inheritance.
Name born died in other
Queen Mary II, April 30, 1662 December 28, 1694 in 1677 and married William III, no offspring
Charles, Duke of Kendal July 4, 1666 June 20, 1667
Catherine February 9, 1671 December 5, 1671
Isabel August 28, 1676 March 2, 1681
Charlotte August 16, 1682 October 16, 1682
Ruled on Feb. 6, 1685 -1688 on December 11
Successor, William III and Mary II
Mother Mary Heng Liya Radha
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France