Queen Mary II
1662 – 1694 · Generation XXVIII · Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (r. 1689–1694) · House of Stuart
Mary II Stuart (1662–1694). Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (r. 1689–1694). Married William III of Orange in 1677. Reigned jointly with her Dutch husband after her father was driven out. Though both her parents became Roman Catholics, Charles II insisted that she and her sister Anne be given an Anglican upbringing, and her father’s accession made her heir presumptive — until the birth of a half-brother, later called “the Old Pretender,” helped bring on the revolution that deposed him and produced the English Bill of Rights. On the throne she mostly left decisions to her husband whenever he was in England, but with his campaigns keeping him abroad she governed by herself and showed real firmness and skill as a ruler. Smallpox killed her at thirty-two, leaving William to reign alone; the crown afterwards passed to her sister Anne.
Place in the family
- Queen Mary II was a 5× great-niece of King Henry VIII.
- Queen Mary II was the elder of 2 children of King James II and Anne Hyde recorded in this archive.
One of 17 people of House of Stuart (from 1371) in this archive. Scotland’s royal house for three centuries before James VI inherited England and wore both crowns.
Line of descent: Owen Tudor → Edmund Tudor → King Henry VII → Margaret Tudor → King James V of Scotland → Mary Queen of Scots → King James I → King Charles I → King James II → Queen Mary II.
Parents
- King James II (1633 – 1701)
- Anne Hyde (1637 – 1671)
Siblings
- Queen Anne (1665 – 1714)
- James Francis Edward Stuart (1688 – 1766) (half)
Partners
- Married King William III (1650 – 1702) in 1677
Life
- 1662 — Born
- 1677 — Married William III of Orange
- 1689 — William and Mary become joint King and Queen.
- 1694 — Died
- 1694 — Death of Mary. William now rules alone.