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James II ( VI) Stuart, Catholic King of Scots, England and Ireland 1633–1701 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Oct 1633

Birth Location: St. James' Palace, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 16 Sep 1701

Death Location: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Île-de-France, France

Father: Charles English

Mother: Henrietta England

Spouse(s): Anne York, Mary Ireland

Children(s): Mary Protestant, Anne 1707, James throne, Catherine Stuart, Isabel Stuart, Charles Cambridge, Elizabeth Stuart, Louisa Stuart

In 1633, James II ( VI) Stuart, Catholic King of Scots, England and Ireland entered the world in St. James' Palace, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England, born to Charles I The Martyr Stuart King Of England Ireland And Scotland K G Duke Of York Raised Very English And Henrietta Maria De Bourbon Princess Royal Of France Queen Consort Of England. James II ( VI) Stuart, Catholic King of Scots, England and Ireland married Anne Hyde Queen Of England Duchess Of York, Mary Beatrice Of Modena Queen Consort Of England Scotland And Ireland, and had children including Anne Stuart Stewart Queen Of England Last Stewart Monarch Anglican England Scotland Were United Into Great Britain In 1707, Catherine Laura Stuart, Charles Stuart Duke Of Cambridge, Elizabeth Stuart, Isabel Stuart, James Francis Old Pretender Stewart Prince Of Wales Duke Of Cornwall Protestants Feared He D Revert To Catholic Raised In Exile In France Tried To Regain Throne, Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart, Mary Ii Glorious Revolution Stewart Queen Of England Scotland And Ireland Princess Of Orange Protestant. James II ( VI) Stuart, Catholic King of Scots, England and Ireland passed away in 1701 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Île-de-France, France.

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  • In 1633, James II ( VI) Stuart, Catholic King of Scots, England and Ireland entered the world in St. James' Palace, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England, born to Charles I The Martyr Stuart King Of England Ireland And Scotland K G Duke Of York Raised Very English And Henrietta Maria De Bourbon Princess Royal Of France Queen Consort Of England.
  • James II ( VI) Stuart, Catholic King of Scots, England and Ireland married Anne Hyde Queen Of England Duchess Of York, Mary Beatrice Of Modena Queen Consort Of England Scotland And Ireland, and had children including Anne Stuart Stewart Queen Of England Last Stewart Monarch Anglican England Scotland Were United Into Great Britain In 1707, Catherine Laura Stuart, Charles Stuart Duke Of Cambridge, Elizabeth Stuart, Isabel Stuart, James Francis Old Pretender Stewart Prince Of Wales Duke Of Cornwall Protestants Feared He D Revert To Catholic Raised In Exile In France Tried To Regain Throne, Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart, Mary Ii Glorious Revolution Stewart Queen Of England Scotland And Ireland Princess Of Orange Protestant.
  • James II ( VI) Stuart, Catholic King of Scots, England and Ireland passed away in 1701 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Île-de-France, France.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

James Ireland's Ancestors

Self
James Ireland
1633–1701
Birth Place: St. James' Palace, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
Parents
Charles I 'the Martyr' Stuart, King of England, Ireland, and Scotland, K.G., Duke of York, raised very English
1600–1649
Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Henrietta (Maria de Bourbon, Princess Royal of France, Queen Consort of) England
1609–1669
Hotel Du, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Grandparents
James (VI (James I England) Stuart, King of Scots & England, Protestant: upheld Divine Right of Kings, In 1603, James succeeded his cousin Elizabeth) I
1566–1625
Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
Anne (Oldenburg of Denmark, Queen consort of Scotland, England and) Ireland
1574–1619
Skanderborg Castle, Jutland, Denmark
Henry (IV 'The Great', House of Bourbon, King of Navarre and) France
1553–1610
Chateau of Pau, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France
Marie (of Medici, Queen Consort France and) Navarre
1573–1642
Florence, Firenze, Toscana, Italy
Great-Grandparents
Henry Albany
1545–1567
Mary Catholic
1542–1587
Frederick Norway
1534–1588
Sophie Norway
1557–1631
Antoine Navarre
1518–1562
Jeanne Navarre
1528–1572
Francesco Fleece
1541–1587
Johanna Austria
1547–1578
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Lennox
1516–1571
Margaret Lennox
1515–1578
James heir
1512–1542
Mary Longueville
1515–1560
Christian Norway-Denmark
1503–1559
Dorothea Sachen-Lauenburg
1511–1571
Christoph Mecklenburg-Schwerin
1537–1592
Dorothea Oldenburg
1527–1591
Charles Vendôme
1489–1537
Francoise d'Alençon
1489–1550
Ferdinand Archduke
1503–1564
Anna Hungary
1503–1547

James Ireland's Descendants

1.
JI
James (II ( VI) Stuart, Catholic King of Scots, England and) Ireland (14 Oct 1633–16 Sep 1701) m. Anne (Hyde, Queen of England, Duchess of) York (12 March 1637–31 March 1671) m. Mary (Beatrice of Modena, Queen consort of England, Scotland and) Ireland (5 October 1658–8 May 1718)
  1. 1. Mary (II 'Glorious Revolution' Stewart, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, Princess of Orange,) Protestant 1662–1694 m. William (III King of England and Scotland, Prince of Orange of) Orange 1650–1702
    1. 1. Louise (Julia de Nassau, Princess of) Orange 1678–1680
    2. 2. Phillip (de Nassau, Prince of) Orange 1681–1681
    3. 3. William (de Nassau, Prince of) Orange 1680–1680
    4. 4. Mary (Louise) d'Orange 1688–1765
  2. 2. Anne (Stuart Stewart, Queen of England, last Stewart Monarch, Anglican, England & Scotland were united into Great Britain in) 1707 1665–1714 m. George (House of Oldenburg, Prince of Denmark & Norway, Lord High) Admiral 1653–1708
    1. 1. William (of) Gloucester 1689–1700
    2. 2. Mary Oldenburg 1685–1687
    3. 3. George Oldenburg 1692–1692
  3. 3. James (Francis 'Old Pretender' Stewart, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall; Protestants feared he'd revert to Catholic, raised in exile in France-tried to regain) throne 1688–1766 m. Mary (Clementina) Sobieski 1702–1735
    1. 1. Charles (Edward Louis John "Bonnie Prince Charlie" Stuart issueless: end of Stuarts to Hanoverians, Jacobite pretender, defeated at Battle of) Culloden 1720–1788 m. Louisa (Maximiliana Stolberg-Gedern, Princess) of 1752–1824
      1. 1. Charlotte (Stuart, Duchess of Albany) (illegitimate) –1788 m. Ferdinand (Maximilien Mériadec de Rohan, Archbishop of Bordeaux,) affair 1738–1813
        1. 1. Charles (Edward Rohan Stuart, 'Count Roehenstart') (Rohan+Stuart) 1784–1854
    2. 2. Henry (Benedict Maria Clement Stuart, Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Bishop of the Suburbicarian, issueless: end of Stuart dynasty to) Hanoverians 1725–1807
  4. 4. Catherine (Laura) Stuart 1675–1676
  5. 5. Isabel Stuart 1676–1681
  6. 6. Charles (Stuart, Duke of) Cambridge 1677–1677
  7. 7. Elizabeth Stuart 1678–1678
  8. 8. Louisa (Maria Teresa) Stuart 1692–1712

James Ireland's Timeline

2 Records

1633
14 Oct 1633
Birth of James II ( VI) Stuart, Catholic King of Scots, England and Ireland in St. James' Palace, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
St. James' Palace, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
1701
16 Sep 1701
Age 68
Death of James II ( VI) Stuart, Catholic King of Scots, England and Ireland in Laye, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Laye, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1633
    Event Place: St. James' Palace, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 10; Page: 618
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Sep 1701
    Event Place: Laye, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 10; Page: 618
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [4] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Departement des Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index

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