As Queen Elizabeth II marked an incredible 70 years on the throne this year, we take a look at the women who preceded her in the English and Scottish territories. Queen Elizabeth II was a so-called Queen regnant, a Queen in her own right. To learn more about the types of Queens there are, click [read more]
Read part three here. Mary passed the hours in prayer, both in public and in private. She only relaxed a little when she heard of William’s landing at Torbay, but the days passed slowly for her. Then the news came of William’s success and how James had sent his wife and child to safety before [read more]
Read part two here. In August 1682, Mary received the news of the birth of another half-sister, but the little girl lived for just two months. The rest of the year of 1682 was spent rather domestically for Mary; she bought a new cockatoo and items for her household. For William, it was a politically [read more]
On 30 April 1662 at one in the morning, the Duchess of York gave birth to a daughter, the future Queen Mary II. Samuel Pepys noted the birth of a royal daughter “at which I find nobody pleased.” Mary’s elder brother Charles had died the year before at the age of seven months. At the [read more]
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