James II facts for kids

James II can mean:

• James II of England (1633–1701), King of England and Ireland, and as James VII, of Scotland
• James II of Scotland (1430–1460), Duke of Rothesay

Images for kids

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  James with his father, Charles I, by Sir Peter Lely, 1647

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  Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne, James's commander in France

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  James and Anne Hyde in the 1660s, by Sir Peter Lely

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  Wedding suit of James II, 1673, in the Victoria and Albert Museum

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  The Duke of Monmouth was involved in plots against James.

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  Coronation procession of King James II and Queen Mary, 1685

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  James portrayed c. 1685 in his role as head of the army, wearing a general officer's state coat

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  Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, once a supporter of James, turned against him by 1688.

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  1686 statue of James II by Peter Van Dievoet in Trafalgar Square, London

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  James's nephew and son-in-law, William of Orange, was invited to "save the Protestant religion".

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  Louis XIV greeting the exiled James II in 1689 ("La Reception faite au Roy d'Angleterre par le Roy à St. Germain en Laye le VIIe janvier 1689", engraving by Nicolas Langlois, 1690)

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  Battle of the Boyne between James II and William III, 11 July 1690, Jan van Huchtenburg

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  The Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, James's home during his final exile

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  Tomb of James II in the parish church of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, commissioned in 1828 by George IV when the church was rebuilt.

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  James's son was known as "James III and VIII" to his supporters, and "The Old Pretender" to his enemies.

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  Macaulay wrote in the Whig tradition.

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  Belloc was a notable apologist for James II.

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  Half crown coin of James II, 1686