King William III of England

  General Notes:

William III (1650-1702), king of England, was the son of William II of Orange, ruler of the United Provinces. In 1677 he married Mary, daughter of James, Duke of York, who in 1685 became king of England as James II. In 1688 William was invited by seven Whig peers to deliver England from the Stuart misrule and after the flight of James II to France, the crown was offered to William and Mary. William’s success was marred by the deplorable massacre of Glencoe in 1692. On May 19, 1692, the English naval victory of La Hogue ruined all chance of direct aid to James from France. In 1694 Queen Mary died.

From 1697 to 1700 William was occupied with the Spanish Succession question, but died before the outbreak of the war. William’s reign marked the transition from the personal government of the Stuarts to the Parliamentary rule of the Hanoverians.
[World Wide Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1935]

Asked to accept the throne with his wife Mary. Landed in England 1688. In 1690 greeted at Carrickfergus after routing the French forces of James II in the Battle of the Boyne. [THELMA.GED]

Additional information: Britannia.com http://britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon51.html

  Noted events in his life were:

• Title: Prince of Orange, 1650-1702.

• Title: Stadtholder of Holland, 1672-1702.

• Title: Stadtholder of Zeeland, 1672-1702.

• Title: Stadtholder of Utrecht, 1672-1702.

• Title: Stadtholder of Guelders, 1675-1702.

• Title: Stadtholder of Overijssel, 1675-1702.

• Title: King of England, 1689-1702.

William married Mary II Stuart, Queen of England, daughter of James II Stuart, King of England and Anne Hyde, on 4 Nov 1677 in London, London, England.⁷⁷³ (Mary II Stuart, Queen of England was born on 30 Apr 1662 in London, London, England ⁷⁷³ and died on 28 Dec 1694 ^771,773.)