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1 giorno fa · General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, KG, PC (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S. [a]) was an English soldier and statesman. From a gentry family, he served as a page at the court of the House of Stuart under James, Duke of York, through the ...
1 set 2024 · Henrietta Churchill, II duchessa di Marlborough, nobildonna inglese (Kent, n. 1681 - Harrow, † 1733) John Churchill, marchese di Blandford, nobile inglese (n. 1686 - Cambridge, † 1703) Mary Churchill, nobile britannica (n. 1689 - † 1751) Sarah Churchill, duchessa di Marlborough, nobile inglese (St Albans, n. 1660 - Westminster, † 1744)
1 giorno fa · The Glorious Revolution[a] was the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II, and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange, who was also his nephew. The two ruled as joint monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland until Mary's death in 1694, when William became ruler in his own right.
1 giorno fa · The duke of Gloucester was the only surviving child of Queen Mary’s sister, Princess Anne, despite her 18 pregnancies. Because William and Mary were childless, the duke was the long-term Protestant heir to the throne.
21 ago 2024 · On 27 July 1689, Claverhouse’s highland army routed a Scottish government force led by William and Mary’s commander in Scotland Major-General Hugh Mackay at the battle of Killiecrankie. In a major blow to the Jacobite cause, Claverhouse was killed in the fighting.
23 ago 2024 · He married Mary Churchill by 1675 and had three children. On January 17, 1671 Mary Churchill confessed she had gotten pregnant by Thomas, son of Edward Doty, with whom she had "carnall coppulation" three times – first time on July 15, second time on August 8 and the third was about "senight" after.
2 giorni fa · In response to policies that threatened to restore Catholicism in England, Parliament deposed King James II and called William of Orange from the Dutch Republic and his wife Mary, who was James’s Protestant daughter, to replace him.
