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  JAMES SCOTT, DUKE OF MONMOUTH - LoveToKnow Article on JAMES SCOTT, DUKE OF MONMOUTH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
During 1663 he was made duke of Orkney, duke of Monmouth and knight of the Garter, and received honorary degrees at both universities; and on his marriage he and his wife were created duke and duchess of Buccleuch, and he took the surname of Scptt.
Monmouth was a borough by prescription as early as 1256, and was governed by a mayor in 1461, but was not incorporated until 1550 under the title of "Mayor, Bailiffs and Commonalty." This charter was confirmed in 1558, 1606 and 1666, a recorder and town clerk being added to the constitution.
Monmouth was settled about 1824, first incorporated as a village in 1836, chartered as a city in 1852 and in 1882 reorganized under a general state law.
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 James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
When the Captain General of the army, George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, died in 1670, Monmouth became the senior officer in the army at the age of 21.
One theory states that the Duke of Monmouth was in fact The Man in the Iron Mask.
James II then arranged to get Monmouth to France were he was put in the keeping of Louis XIV of France.
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 James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
After acceding to the throne he the Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza ; by this time Lucy Walter was In 1663 shortly after having been brought to England James was created Duke of Monmouth and married off to the wealthy Scott 4th Countess of Buccleuch.
Although he no aptitude for government James was popular since he was a Protestant whereas the official heir to the James Duke of York was a Catholic.
Following the discovery of the so-called Rye House Plot in 1683 Monmouth was obliged to go into in the Dutch United Provinces.
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According to the "Sketch," Monmouth County was officially formed on March 7, 1683, by the General Assembly as one of the four original counties of the Province of East Jersey.
Scott was born in 1649, the illegitimate son of King Charles II and nephew of James, the Duke of York, who succeeded Charles to the throne in 1685.
In 1662 James was brought to England and installed at court as a favorite of the king, who on Feb. 14, 1663, named him Duke of Monmouth, Earl of Doncaster, and Baron Scott of Tindale and made him a Knight of the Garter.
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 James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1663, shortly after having been broughtto England, James was created Duke of Monmouth and married off to the wealthy Anne,Countess of Buccleuch.
When the Captain General of the army, Lord George Monck, died in 1670, Monmouth became the senior officer inthe army at the age of 21.
Monmouth's makeshift force could not compete with the regular army, and was soundly defeated.Monmouth himself was captured and arrested.
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 James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
There was also a rumour of their having been secretly married, which would have made James the true and legitimate heir to the throne.
After acceding to the throne, he married the Portuguese princess, Catherine of Braganza; by this time Lucy Walter was dead.
In 1663, shortly after having been brought to England, James was created Duke of Monmouth and married off to the wealthy Anne Scott, 4th Countess of Buccleuch.
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 JAMES SCOTT, 1ST DUKE OF MONMOUTH FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
At the age of 16 Monmouth served in the fleet under his uncle the Duke of York in the Second_Anglo-Dutch_War.
When the Captain General of the army, George_Monck,_1st_Duke_of_Albemarle, died in 1670, Monmouth became the senior officer in the army at the age of 21.
His dukedoms of Monmouth and Buccleuch were forfeited, but the subsidiary titles of the dukedom of Monmouth were restored to the Duke_of_Buccleuch.
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When Monmouth returned without the king's permission, he was forbidden to come to court but was received enthusiastically in London and the western counties.
Monmouth worked with Shaftesbury and the Whig party for the exclusion of James from the succession, and after the arrest of Shaftesbury for treason in 1681 he was heard to speak openly of rebellion.
Monmouth was captured and beheaded in London on July 15.
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 The Battle of Sedgemoor
James, Duke of Monmouth was an illegitimate son of Charles II.
Monmouth's surprise advance might have worked, but he was undone when a sentinel (or perhaps a traitor in Monmouth's ranks) fired a pistol when the rebels were still a mile from the royal camp, and the element of surprise was gone.
Monmouth was captured and imprisoned in the Tower of London.
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 Monmouth, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Monmouth, James Scott, 1st Duke of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Monmouth, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649–1685)
After James II's accession in 1685, Monmouth landed in England at Lyme Regis, Dorset, claimed the crown, and raised a rebellion, which was crushed at Sedgemoor in Somerset.
When James II converted to Catholicism, the Whig opposition attempted unsuccessfully to secure Monmouth the succession to the crown by the Exclusion Bill, and having become implicated in a Whig conspiracy, the Rye House Plot in 1683, he fled to Holland.
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 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth (1649-1685)
Duke of Monmouth, Earl of Doncaster, Baron Scott of Tynedale
Colonel, The Duke of Monmouth's Regiment of Horse
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 Lucy Walters wales "duke of monmouth"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This James was the handsome, engaging son later to be known as the "unfortunate" Duke of Monmouth.
James's succession to the throne depended upon the illegitimacy of Monmouth, so the dead Lucy had to be flened by James and his supporters in order to stop any possible claim to royal succession by her son.
Monmouth's two sons became Scottish earls, and one grandson and a great-great grandson became Dukes of Buccleugh.
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 Encyclopedia: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox
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James II then arranged to get Monmouth to France were he was put in the keeping of Louis XIV.
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 NPG 5376; James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch (1649-1685), Son of Charles II by Lucy Walter.
The eldest of Charles II's fourteen illegitimate children, Monmouth was the son of Lucy Walter.
Charming, ambitious and unprincipled, he was put forward as a Protestant candidate for the throne in place of his uncle James, Duke of York, at the time of the 'Popish Plot' of 1678.
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 1685 - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
June 20 - Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland declares himself King and heir to his father's Kingdoms as James II of England and Ireland and James VII of Scotland, after already forming his own army and campaigning against his uncle.
July 6 - Monmouth Rebellion: The Battle of Sedgemoor between the armies of King James II of England and rebel forces under Monmouth.
July 15 - The Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill
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 James Duke Of Monmouth 1649 85 An Original Antique Engraved Portrait - new and used books
MONMOUTH, DUKE OF, JAMES (1649-85) - An Original Antique Engraved Portrait, Illustrated by Engraved By Sherratt - Monmouth, Duke of, James - Natural Son of Charles II, Being Captured at Battle of Sedgemoor - An Original Antique Engraved Portrait
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 Keynsham On-line: History: Keynshams part in the Monmouth Rebellion
Monmouth elected to attempt a night attack on the Royalist Army, who were led by Lord Feversham and John Churchill, later to become the Duke of Marlborough, in order to give his ill-equipped Rebel Army some advantage.
Monmouth's men had been under orders to stab the next man if he made a sound but, even so, a rifle shot was fired, accidentally or on purpose will never be known.
Although many of the leaders of Monmouth's rebellion were able to escape punishment through bribery and favourtism, more than 300 of his ill-fated army were sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered, several hundred were flogged or imprisoned and a further 814 were transportation to Barbados in the West Indies.
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 EDWARD CHEDZOY
King Charles II had an illegitimate son James Scott, who was given the title of Duke of Monmouth, he was a Protestant.
When James Duke of Monmouth, who was in Holland at the time heard the news, his advisors, notably the Earl of Argyll encouraged him to challenge the throne, knowing that there would be a lot of support for him being a Protestant.
James Duke of Monmouth landed at Lime Regis and began his invasion.
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 1685   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
6 februari - James Stuart, hertog van York wordt koning Jacobus II van Engeland and Ierland en Jacobus VII van Schotland.
20 juni - James, Duke of Monmouth buitenechtelijke zoon van koning Karel II van Engeland, Schotland and Ierland verklaart zich tot koning na zijn eigen leger gevormd te hebben voor de strijd tegen zijn oom James (Jacobus).
Monmouth's leger wordt verslagen en hij wordt ter dood veroordeeld.
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 Monmouth, James Scott, duke of
Monmouth, James Scott, duke of, 1649–85, pretender to the English throne; illegitimate son of Charles II of England by Lucy
James II) was heightened at the time of the Popish Plot agitation in 1678.
Monmouth, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649-1685) (The Hutchinson Encyclopedia)
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 1685 FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
June_20 - Monmouth_Rebellion: James_Scott,_1st_Duke_of_Monmouth, illegitimate son of King Charles_II_of_England, Scotland and Ireland declares himself King and heir to his father's Kingdoms as James II of England and Ireland and James VII of Scotland, after already forming his own army and campaigning against his uncle.
July_6 - Monmouth Rebellion: The Battle_of_Sedgemoor between the armies of King James II of England and rebel forces under Monmouth.
July_15 - The Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower_Hill,_London
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Case of James Duke of Montrose in opposition to the case of James Earl of Crawford and Balcarres,: Claiming the title, honour and dignity of Duke of Montrose
The Jacobite attempt of 1719: Letters of James Butler, second Duke of Ormonde, relating to Cardinal Alberoni's project for the invasion of Great Britain...
An historical account of the heroick life and magnanimous actions of the most illustrious Protestant Prince, James, Duke of Monmouth,: Containing an account...
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 1685   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII ofScotland.
June 20 - James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland declares himself King and heir to his father's Kingdoms as James II of England and Ireland and James VII of Scotland, after already forming his own army andcampaigning against his uncle.
July 6 - Battle ofSedgemoor between the armies of King James II of England and rebel forces under Monmouth.
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 Duke of Monmouth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The most famous Duke of Monmouth was James, Duke of Monmouth (1649-1685).
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
It uses material from the wikipedia article Duke of Monmouth.
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 Monmouth Rebellion - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Monmouth Rebellion of 1685 was led by James, Duke of Monmouth, an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England who claimed to be rightful heir to the throne and attempted to displace Charles's unpopular successor, the Roman Catholic James II.
Monmouth's forces were defeated at the Battle of Sedgemoor.
The king was overthrown in a coup d'état three years later, in the Glorious Revolution.
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 1685 - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
June_20 - James_Scott,_1st_Duke_of_Monmouth, illegitimate son of King Charles_II_of_England, Scotland and Ireland declares himself King and heir to his father's Kingdoms as James II of England and Ireland and James VII of Scotland, after already forming his own army and campaigning against his uncle.
July_6 - Battle_of_Sedgemoor between the armies of King James II of England and rebel forces under Monmouth.
July_15 - The Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower_Hill
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