House / Group: Stuart
Born / died: 1633-1701
Reign: 1685-1688
also James VII of Scotland
Second surviving son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria. brother of Charles II.
He married Lady Anne Hyde (daughter of Charles II's first minister) in 1660 with whom he had 8 children (Charles, Mary (II), James, Anne (I), another Charles, Edgar, Henrietta and Catherine). After Lady Anne's death in 1671, James had another 7 with his second wife Mary of Modena (Catherine, Isabel, Charles, Elizabeth, Charlotte, James (the Old Pretender) and Louise)
He succeeded to the throne after Charles II had died without legitimate issue. James was catholic and worked to empower those of his faith in preference to protestants. This led eventually to an invasion by William of Orange (who later married and ruled with James' daughter Mary), supported by another of James' daughters, Anne. William allowed James to escape to France, where he was given a pension by Louis XIV.
James died and was buried at Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
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