James the Second and the Seventh

In 1688, William Prince of Orange becomes king. He is recognized as the rightful king of England, Scotland and Ireland by his first cousin Louis XIV. James had a legitimate Catholic son who would succeed him ahead of his elder Protestant half sisters. His supporters in exile become known as the Jacobites.

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