James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
English nobleman and soldier (1649-1685) · Netherlands · Died at 36
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Something wrong?Charles II's illegitimate son who bet his life that England would rather crown a bastard than a Catholic - and lost his head when the country chose his uncle instead.
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Peter Lely (1618-1680) (after) - James Scott (1649-1685), Duke of Monmouth, KG, in Garter Robes - 1171154 - National Trust
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James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch by William Wissing
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British (English) School - Supposed Portrait of James Scott (1649-1685), Duke of Monmouth ^ Buccleuch - 500024 - National TrustIn their own words 1
, Here are six guineas for you. Do not hack me as you did my Lord Russell. I have heard that you struck him three or four times.
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Born James Crofts in Rotterdam in 1649, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II and Lucy Walter, he grew into a capable military officer who served in the Second and Third Anglo-Dutch Wars and commanded the Anglo-Dutch brigade in the Franco-Dutch War. When his uncle James II ascended the throne as England's first openly Catholic monarch in decades, Monmouth launched a rebellion in 1685, staking his claim on his Protestant faith and royal blood. After one of his officers declared him the legitimate king in Taunton, Somerset, the uprising collapsed. He was captured and beheaded for treason on 15 July 1685.
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