* 1460 – James II of Scotland ( b. 1430 )

Thus in 1285 he declared war on his uncle, James II of Majorca, and conquered both Majorca ( 1285 ) and Ibiza ( 1286 ), effectively reassuming suzerainty over the Kingdom of Majorca.

He initially sought to maintain the Aragonese control over Sicily early in his reign by supporting the claims to island of his brother, James II of Aragon.

He was the second son of James II and Blanche of Anjou.

Following the Glorious Revolution, the line of succession to the English throne was governed by the Bill of Rights 1689, which declared that the flight of James II from England to France during the revolution amounted to an abdication of the throne and that James ' son-in-law, ( and nephew ) William of Orange, and his wife, James ' daughter, Mary, were James ' successors, who ruled jointly as William III and Mary II.

Thus, there was seen a need for a new law that would ensure the continuance of the succession following the death of the last legal heir under the Bill of Rights, being Princess Anne, guaranteeing the line of succession would continue in the Protestant line, and excluding any possible claims by the deposed James II or his son and daughter, James Francis Edward and Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart.

In addition to James II himself ( who died a few months after the act received the royal assent ) and his Catholic children Prince James and Princess Louisa, the act also excluded the descendents of James ' sister Henrietta, the youngest daughter of Charles I. Henrietta's daughter Anne was then the Queen of Sardinia and a Catholic ; the Jacobite heirs of today are descended from her line.

* 1689 – The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.

* 1267 – James II of Aragon ( d. 1327 )

Alicante was finally taken in 1246 by the Castilian king Alfonso X, but it passed soon and definitely to the Kingdom of Valencia in 1298 with King James II of Aragon.

* King James Bible Online-Kings II chapter-indexed English translation.

Following William and Mary's accession to the throne, England involved itself in the War of the Grand Alliance primarily to prevent a French invasion restoring Mary's father, James II.

On the death of Charles II his brother, a Roman Catholic, became James II.

In his book Flyboys: A True Story of Courage, James Bradley details several instances of cannibalism of World War II Allied prisoners by their Japanese captors.

* 1503 – King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, Scotland.

* 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II.

The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England ( James VII of Scotland and James II of Ireland ) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau ( William of Orange ).

James II King of England & James VII King of Scots, King of Ireland and Duke of Normandy

After the death of Charles II in 1685, his Catholic brother King James II & VII was crowned.

When Charles died in 1685 and his brother, a Roman Catholic, succeeded him as James VII of Scotland ( and II of England ), matters came to a head.

James II of England | James VII of Scotland ( and II of England ), who was deposed in 1688.

Most significant Scots supported William II and Mary II, but many ( particularly in the Highlands ) remained sympathetic to James VII.

Through his maternal grandfather, Prince Harry is descended from King Henry IV of France, King Charles II and King James II and VII.

The name of the movement derives from deposed Stuart monarch, James II of England | James II and VII

The reigns of the last three Stuart Kings – Charles I, Charles II and James II and VII – were marked by growing Royal resistance to this developing consensual model of government.

In 1685 Charles II was succeeded by his Roman Catholic brother, James II and VII.

* James II and VII ( 6 February 168516 September 1701 ).

* 1689 – The Convention Parliament convenes to determine if James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones when he fled to France in 1688.

** Alexander Hamilton, Count of Neuburg, the Holy Roman Empire's Envoy Extraordinary to the court of James VII and II, had issue:

* the Order of the Thistle, founded by King James VII of Scotland ( also known as James II of England ) in 1687

* Mary of Modena ( 1658 – 1718 ), Queen Consort of King James II of England and VII of Scotland

William and Mary, both Protestants, became king and queen regnant, respectively, following the Glorious Revolution, which resulted in the deposition of her Roman Catholic father, James II and VII.

Mary, born at St. James's Palace in London on 30 April 1662, was the eldest daughter of James, Duke of York ( the future James II & VII ), and his first wife, Lady Anne Hyde.

Lancelot Andrewes ( 1555 – 25 September 1626 ) was an English bishop and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.

The first milled ( that is, machine-made ) coins were produced during the reign of Elizabeth I ( 1558 – 1603 ) and periodically during the subsequent reigns of James I and Charles I, but there was initially opposition to mechanisation from the moneyers who ensured that most coins continued to be produced by hammering.

After about 1610, the new hybrid sub-genre of the tragicomedy enjoyed an efflorescence, as did the masque throughout the reigns of the first two Stuart kings, James I and Charles I.

* Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel ( 1585 – 1646 ), prominent English courtier during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I

During the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I of England, William Shakespeare wrote his plays and performed with his theatre company the Lord Chamberlain's Men ( later called the King's Men ).

* Ralph Brooke ( 1553 – 1625 ), English Officer of Arms in the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I

Another of Fabyan's pet projects was research into secret messages which Sir Francis Bacon had allegedly hidden in various texts during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I.

The Inner Temple continued to expand during the reigns of James I and Charles I, with 1, 700 students admitted to the Inn between 1600 and 1640.

The Inner Temple continued to expand during the reigns of James I and Charles I, with 1, 700 students admitted to the Inn between 1600 and 1640.

This was a reaction to the reigns of Charles II of England and James II of England ( also known as James VII of Scotland ), whose large revenues had made them independent of Parliament.

His brothers Sir John Gilbert and Adrian Gilbert, and his half brothers Carew Raleigh and Sir Walter Raleigh, were also prominent during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James.

Although England, Ireland and Scotland became constitutional monarchies, after the reigns of Charles II and his brother James II & VII, and with the ascension of William and Mary to the English, Irish and Scottish thrones as a result of the Glorious Revolution of 1688, there have been movements throughout the last few centuries whose aims were to remove the monarchy and establish a republican system.

He was active during the reigns of James III and James IV, both of whom had strong interests in literature.

Both Mary and Elizabeth lived at Placentia for some years during the sixteenth century, but during the reigns of James I and Charles I, the Queen's House was erected to the south of the Palace.

Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel KG, ( 7 July 1585 – 4 October 1646 ) was a prominent English courtier during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I, but he made his name as a Grand Tourist and art collector rather than as a politician.

The game of Primero appears to have been one of the earliest card games played in England during the Renaissance and the Tudor dynasty, and certainly it continued to be one the most fashionable games throughout the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I of England, Elizabeth I and James I, due to the frequent mention of it by many writers of that time.

It remained in Royal use and was refurbished in the reigns of Charles II and James II and stables were added.

Sir James Ogilvy's descendant, James Ogilvy, 5th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie ( c. 1541 – 1606 ), a son of James Ogilvy, master of Ogilvy, who was killed at the Battle of Pinkie in 1547, took a leading part in Scottish politics during the reigns of Mary, Queen of Scots, and of James VI.