James II took over the throne from his brother Charles II.
Denise Bea
The Battle of Killiecrankie was fought between Highland Scottish clans supporting King James VII of Scotland (also known as James II of England) and troops supporting King William of Orange on 27 July 1689, during the first Jacobite uprising. Although it was a stunning victory for the Jacobites, it had little overall effect on the outcome of the war and left their leader, John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee dead. Their forces were scattered at the Battle of Dunkeld the next month.
Portraits of Sir Thomas Fairfax and Prince Rupert of the Rhine. Sir Thomas Fairfax (1612-71) Captain general of the Parliamentary New Model Army and his opponent Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619-82) nephew of King Charles 1st and general of Royalist Horse. Centre section of the painting depicts cavalry engagement during the battle of Marston Moor. They both displayed conspicuous loyalty to their cause and were notable horsemen. Two intelligent men who might have liked each other.
James II (ruled 1685-88), of the House of Stuart, was a staunch Roman Catholic whose religious views clashed with those of his parliament. Many in England and Scotland supported James' son-in-law, the Dutch Protestant Prince, William of Orange, who invaded England in 1688. James was defeated and lived out his life in exile in France.
THE DUKE OF YORK, PRINCE JAMES STUART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, LATER KING JAMES II detail
Olga Lomovskaya
James Francis Edward Stuart. The 'Old Pretender' (1688 – 1766) was the son of the deposed James II of England (James VII of Scotland). As such, he claimed the English, Scottish and Irish thrones (as James III of England and Ireland and James VIII of Scotland) from the death of his father in 1701, when he was recognized as king of England, Scotland and Ireland by his cousin Louis XIV of France. Rightful King of England.
