King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1702 (1650-1702)
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He invaded his own father-in-law's kingdom and got away with it. William of Orange landed at Brixham in 1688, toppled Catholic James II without a proper battle, and ruled England alongside his wife — who happened to be James's daughter.
Born a prince the day his father died in 1650, William spent his first two decades as a Dutch noble in the shadow of French aggression. When Louis XIV invaded the Dutch Republic in 1672, he became stadtholder and made opposing the French king his life's work. He married his cousin Mary in 1677, and when her father James II took the English throne in 1685, Protestant unease grew. Invited by English leaders who feared Catholic rule, William sailed for Brixham in 1688; James fled, and the so-called Glorious Revolution handed William and Mary a joint crown. He spent much of the 1690s fighting Loui…
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By the French King's placing his Grandson on the Throne of Spain, he is in a Condition to oppress the rest of Europe, unless speedy and effectual Measures be taken.
It is fit I should tell you, the Eyes of all Europe are upon this Parliament, all Matters are at a stand till your Resolutions are known, and therefore no Time ought to be lost.
Let Me conjure you to disappoint the only Hopes of Our Enemies, by your Unanimity.
[T]his our Expedition is intended for no other Design, but to have a free and lawful Parliament assembled, as soon as possible.
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