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	William III, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland — FactMonster.com
		William III, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland — FactMonster.com
		William III, 1650–1702, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1689–1702); son of William II, prince of Orange, stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and of Mary, oldest daughter of King Charles I of England.
		William's personality was cold and his public policy calculating, but he was an able soldier and an astute politician, and his reign was of momentous constitutional importance.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0852297.html (89 words)

	William III of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William III was appointed to the Dutch post of Stadtholder on 28 June 1672, and remained in office until he died.
		William of Orange, the son of William II, Prince of Orange and Mary Stuart, was born in The Hague, The Netherlands.
		William III felt insecure about his position; though only his wife was formally eligible to assume the throne, he wished to reign as King in his own right, rather than as a mere consort.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_III_of_England (3949 words)

	William III, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		1650–1702, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1689–1702); son of William II, prince of Orange, stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and of Mary, oldest daughter of King Charles I of England.
		William, however, took an English army to the Spanish Netherlands in 1691 and was constantly involved in campaigning until the conclusion of peace by the Treaty of Ryswick (1697).
		William sought to maintain royal prerogatives but was unable to prevent passage of the Triennial Act (1694), which required a new Parliament every three years, and the Act of Settlement (1701), which imposed the first statutory limitation on royal control of foreign policy.
	www.bartleby.com /65/wi/Will3Eng.html (706 words)

	King William County History
		King William III, also known as William of Orange, was born on November 14, 1650 in The Hague, Netherlands.
		William and Mary were invited to England by seven leaders of the English political parties, the Tory and Whig, who were concerned about James' absolutist royal leanings, his inability to cooperate with Parliament and Catholic succession to the throne following the birth of a son to James in 1688.
		The new monarchs were crowned King William III and Queen Mary II of England, Scotland and Ireland during a coronation in Westminster Abbey on April 11, 1689.
	www.co.king-william.va.us /history_tourism.htm (4653 words)

	Wikinfo \| William III of England
		William of Orange was born in The Hague eight days after the death of his father from smallpox.
		Throughout the reign of William and Mary, and of Queen Anne, the presence of James II on the continent cast doubts and sowed dissent.
		William's primary achievement was the hemming in of France when she was in a position to impose her will across much of Europe.
	wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=William_III_of_England (1071 words)

	King William III
		His father William II Prince of Orange died on October 27th in the year 1650 and his mother was Mary Stuart, daughter of Charles I. William was brought up in the Protestant Faith and he spoke English, French, Dutch, German, Latin and Spanish.
		William was asked to deliver England from the tyranny of James II but he demanded an invitation before he would help.
		James and William and their armies were to remain at an equal distance from London and both men were to attend the next session of Parliament.
	www.kirkdale113.freeserve.co.uk /king.htm (2433 words)

	William III of Orange, King of England - Timeline Index
		Willem III, Prince of Orange, also known as King William III of England, Scotland, and Ireland, was a Prince of the House of Orange-Nassau and Dutch Stadtholder and (jointly with his wife Mary II until her death) King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (February 13, 1689 - March 8, 1702).
		William 1 of Orange (Willem van Oranje), also known as William the Silent (Willem de Zwijger), was the leader of the Dutch war of independence from Spanish rule, known as...
		William of Orange was leader of the Dutch, then in the early stages of a war with the French: the War of the Grand Alliance.
	www.timelineindex.com /content/view/696 (537 words)

	Regent William III King Billy - The Netherlands - De Ridder Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		William of Orange, born in The Hague, the 14th of 1650, son of Regent Willem II and Maria Stuart I, daughter of the English Charles I. Willem III became known as a cold and calculating man, but was a skilled diplomat and general.
		In 1688 the English protestants ask William III to expel their king (his father in law), James II, since he would be too pro-catholic.
		William III dies on the 29th of March 1702 of injuries caused by a fall of a horse at Hampton Court.
	www.de-ridder.info /netherlands/rulers/rule11.shtml (557 words)

	William III of England Summary
		William III (1650-1702), Prince of Orange, reigned as king of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1702.
		William fostered the Toleration Act of 1689 and the establishment of the Bank of England to fund the war debt in 1694.
		William of Orange, the son of William II, Prince of Orange and Mary Stuart, was born in The Hague.
	www.bookrags.com /William_III_of_England (4805 words)

	1689: The English Bill of Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		William of Orange and his wife Mary were crowned King and Queen of England (Mary was actually the daughter of the deposed King James II) in Westminster Abbey on April 11, 1689.
		As part of their oaths, the new King William III and Queen Mary were required to swear that they would obey the laws of Parliament.
		William, for example, did not seek to oppress the supporters of the deposed and Catholic King James II, even as James tried as best he could to rally the Catholic forces within England, Scotland and Ireland against King William III.
	www.duhaime.org /Law_museum/uk-billr.aspx (1298 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		William III (William of Orange), born in 1650, was the son of William, Prince of Orange, and Mary Stuart (daughter of Charles I).
		William maintained a long-lasting affair with Elizabeth Villiers, one of Mary's ladies-in-waiting, which prompted Mary to be completely devoted and subservient to her husband.
		William was reluctant to accept the throne by means of conquest, preferring to be named king by Parliament through birthright.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon51.html (825 words)

	glbtq >> social sciences >> William III, Prince of Orange, King of England
		William was born at the Hague in 1650, the posthumous son of William II, who died a few days before he was born, and Mary Stuart, daughter of the late King Charles I of England, who had been deposed by English Parliamentarians.
		William was thus an important figure in European politics from the day of his birth, since he not only inherited his Dutch titles, but was fourth in line to inherit the British throne should it be restored.
		William III acceded to the British throne when the English ousted James II in the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688.
	www.glbtq.com /social-sciences/william_III.html (858 words)

	Frederick William III - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Frederick III (of Prussia): father of William II (of Germany and Prussia)
		William, also known as Kaiser Wilhelm, was born in Berlin and educated at the University of Bonn.
		William II (of Germany and Prussia) : predecessors: Frederick III (of Prussia)
	encarta.msn.com /Frederick_William_III.html (161 words)

	William
		King William I of England (William the Conqueror, William the Bastard)
		King William I of Scotland (William the Lion)
		William of Tyre, Bishop in the Holy Land
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	William of Orange & the borders of Nord/Pas-de-Calais
		William of Orange and the borders of Nord/Pas-de-Calais
		William was a life-long opponent of French king Louis XIV
		But William died in 1702, and the "War of the Spanish Succession" ended in 1713 with the French withdrawing to more-or-less the present borders, and Austria taking over what was left, apart from the Dutch republic.
	www.theotherside.co.uk /tm-heritage/background/william-orange.htm (896 words)

	Royalty.nu - Royal History - The Stuarts - Queen Mary II and King William III
		William and Mary became the new monarchs of the United Kingdom, reigning jointly.
		Redefining William III: The Impact of the King-Stadholder in International Context edited by Esther Mijers and David Onnekink.
		William III, The Stadholder-King: A Political Biography by Wouter Troost, translated by J. Grayson.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/England/Stuart/MaryII.html (572 words)

	King William County
		King William III was the grandson of Charles I (who was beheaded during the English civil war that sent the "Cavaliers" to the Virginia colony).
		William of Orange became the ruler in Holland after the Dutch defeated Charles II and his French allies in a short war in 1672-73.
		King William was on the throne in 1701 when a new county, named after him, was created from King and Queen County.
	www.virginiaplaces.org /vacount/kiwmco.html (540 words)

	William III of Orange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		William III of Orange was governor of the Netherlands when an unexpected birth of an heir to the English throne (James III) brought about the threat of a permanent Catholic dynasty for England.
		Whigs and Tories summoned William to the throne ('For the Protestant faith and a free parliament').
		The Glorious Revolution (1688) followed, and William III became King of England.
	www.hyperhistory.com /online_n2/people_n2/persons6_n2/william.html (61 words)

	William and Mary, King and Queen of Great Britain
		Mary II, born in 1662, was the daughter of James II and Anne Hyde.
		She was married to William of Orange as a matter of Charles II's foreign policy; she and William had no children.
		King William's War, a series of continental battles fought primarily to push Protestantism, had heavily taxed English economic resources; to retaliate, The Settlement Act forbad wars without Parliament's consent.
	www.laughtergenealogy.com /bin/histprof/kings/william_iii_1689.html (925 words)

	Breda Trip Photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		After the Glorious Revolution of 1688, James II fled England, and the British Parliament invited his daughter and her husband, Princess Mary and Prince William of Orange to assume the British throne.
		The College of William and Mary in Virginia is named for this king and queen.
		William III was not king of the Netherlands, but Stadtholder, or head of the government.
	paws.wcu.edu /mulligan/www/bredatrip.html (1001 words)

	Calton - Protestant Unionist and Loyalist Resources › Content › King William III of Orange 1650 - 1702.
		King William III of Orange 1650 - 1702.
		James kept up a barrage of correspondence with William and Mary attempting to win them over to his aims of repeal, and in September 1686, he urged William to invade England at once stating that there would be no opposition.
		King William's presence was required in Ireland to subdue this insurrection and so in June 1690 he set sail for Ireland.
	www.caltonradio.com /Content/pa=showpage/pid=8.html (2560 words)

	The story of L.O.L 513 and their banner. King William III @ lol513.com
		William was born November 1650, 2 weeks after his father, King William II of the Netherlands had died.
		When William was 27 years old he married (14th November, 1677) Henrietta Mary Stuart – known as Mary, the daughter of James II (the heir-apparent and brother to the ruling Charles II of England).
		In 1683 Louis XIV of France once again seemed to be directly attacking William when the French king invaded the Province of Orange in France (a province ‘held’ for many years by the Dutch monarchs and thus derived the name ‘William of Orange’).
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	William III, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: Reign
		Shakespeare's 'King Richard III' and the problematics of Tudor bastardy.
		George III: Steven Parissien considers the reputation of one of the most controversial of British monarchs: the king who lost the......
		`King of Scotland': Lauderdale and the Restoration North of the Border: Raymond Campbell Paterson re-examines the fortunes and friendships......
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	Dutch Gold 10 Guilders, King William III design
		Son and successor of William II and grandson of William I, the first King of the Netherlands following the Napoleonic occupation, William III was widely admired during his time as an enlightened constitutional monarch who guided his nation through many progressive reforms.
		Because of his openness to reform, William’s long reign was largely free of the friction with the parliamentary States-General that had plagued both his father and grandfather, resulting in the latter’s abdication in 1840.
		In choice Brilliant Uncirculated condition, William III Netherlands 10 guilder “Kings” are substantially scarcer than most other European gold coins including our popular French 20 franc “Angels.” Struck only from 1875 to 1889, they have tiny original mintages: only 7.8 million were made, all years combined, and most have been lost to circulation and melting.
	www.amergold.com /vault/Dutch_Gold_10_Guilders.php (742 words)

	King William's War (War of the League of Augsburg) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		King William's War (1689-1697) was the first of what came to be known in America as the French and Indian wars.
		Hostilities in King William's War begain in 1690, when in the course of a few months Schenectady, N.Y., was burned by the French and Indians, and colonial English forces launched attacks on Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal), Nova Scotia, and on Quebec.
		King William's War was ended by the Treaty of Ryswick.
	www.usahistory.com /wars/william.htm (474 words)

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