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	James II of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		James II was the last monarch of Scotland to use the title King of Scots, which had been in use since the first monarch of a united Scotland, Kenneth I of Scotland in 843; his successors, Mary II, William III and Anne I used the style "of Scotland" rather than "of Scots".
		James, the second surviving son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France, was born at St.
		The Duke of York was admitted to the Roman Catholic Church in 1668 or 1669.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_II_of_England (2666 words)

	James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although he showed no aptitude for government, James was popular, particularly since he was a Protestant, whereas the official heir to the throne, James, Duke of York, was a Catholic.
		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.
		James II then arranged to get Monmouth to France were he was put in the keeping of Louis XIV of France.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Scott,_1st_Duke_of_Monmouth (907 words)

	JAMES FITZJAMES, DUKE OF BERWICK - LoveToKnow Article on JAMES FITZJAMES, DUKE OF BERWICK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		BERWICK, JAMES FITZJAMES, DUKE OF marshal of France, was the natural son of James, duke of York, afterwards James II.
		Berwick was made a peer of France by Louis XIV., and duke of Liria and of Xereca and lieutenant of Aragon by Philip.
		One of the marshals sons, known as the duke of Liria, was settled in Spain, and was counselled by his father not to shrink from doing his duty and fighting for his sovereign.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BE/BERWICK_JAMES_FITZJAMES_DUKE_OF.htm (864 words)

	JAMES SCOTT, DUKE OF MONMOUTH - LoveToKnow Article on JAMES SCOTT, DUKE OF MONMOUTH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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.
		James retired to Brussels, the king having previously signed a declaration that he never was married, nor gave contract to any woman whatsoever but to my wife Queen Catherine.
		The elder of the two surviving sons, James, earl of Dalkeith (1674-1705) had a son Francis (1695-1751), who through his grandmother inherited the title of duke of Buccleuch in 1732, and was the ancestor of the later dukes.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MO/MONMOUTH_JAMES_SCOTT_DUKE_OF.htm (3441 words)

	DUKES OF ALBANY - LoveToKnow Article on DUKES OF ALBANY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The title of duke of Albany was next bestowed upon Henry Stuart, commonly known as Lord Darnley, by Mary, queen of Scots, in 1565.
		On the sth of July 1716 Ernest Augustus, bishop of Osnaburgh [Osnabriick] (1715-1728), youngest brother of King George I., was created duke of York and Albany, the title becoming extinct on his death without heirs in 1728.
		On the 29th of November 1784 the title of duke of York and Albany was again created in favor of Frederick, second son of George III., who died without heirs on the sth of January 1827.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AL/ALBANY_DUKES_OF.htm (463 words)

	Margaret Weatherford Column
		James died September 16, 1701, and his coffin was placed in the Church of the English Benedictines in Paris, where it was destroyed when the church was attacked by the mob in the French Revolution.
		Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827) "The Grand Old Duke of York" of the British nursery rhyme was Frederick Augustus, Duke of York, the second son of King George III.
		George, Duke of York (1865-1936) By the time Queen Victoria granted the title of Duke of York to her grandson Prince George of Wales in 1892, he was already heir to the throne after the death of his elder brother, Prince Albert Edward, Duke of Clarence.
	www.etoile.co.uk /Columns/Margaret/040801.html (1220 words)

	Martin v. Lessee of Waddell, 41 U.S. 367, 16 Pet. 367, 10 L.Ed. 997 (1842)
		It is to be holden by the Duke of York and his heirs, in fee-simple, in free and common socage.
		The Duke of York, and the proprietors of New Jersey under him, were seised and possessed of all the rights of the King of England, both of property and government.
		The grant to the Duke of York, therefore, was not of lands won by the sword; nor were the government or laws he was authorized to establish intended for a conquered people.
	www.utulsa.edu /law/classes/rice/USSCT_Cases/MARTIN_V_WADDELL_41_367.HTM (12104 words)

	Background - Duke of York Period
		(Document 7) A council of five Dutch and Swedish settlers was appointed by the Governor of New York to advise the Duke’s representative in the colony.
		This dispute, an irritant to the Duke of York and later to William Penn, would not be settled until the 18th century.
		In 1673 the Dutch temporarily recaptured New Amsterdam and Peter Alrichs was appointed the vice-director for the Delaware region.
	www.state.de.us /sos/dpa/exhibits/document/17th/bakdoy.shtml (334 words)

	b. New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		Grant of New Netherland, from the Connecticut to the Delaware, to the king's brother, James, duke of York.
		The region between the Hudson and the Delaware was granted by the duke of York to Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret.
		William Burnet, governor of New York, began efforts to counteract French attempts to hem in the English colonies in the west.
	www.bartleby.com /67/935.html (534 words)

	Colonial New York
		First, the charter for New York, true to the Stuart instinct, made the Duke of York absolute master, and it made no provision for the people to take any part in their own government; second, it was practically such a government that Nicolls already found in New Amsterdam.
		The duke's royal brother was suddenly carried off by a stroke of apoplexy, and the duke became king of England as James II.
		New York now became a royal colony, and the new king, who at heart despised popular government, refused to sign the Charter of Liberties, abolished the New York assembly, and sent Andros to govern the colony as consolidated with New England and New Jersey.
	www.usahistory.info /colonies/New-York.html (2939 words)

	FOURTEENTH GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		King James II of ENGLAND Duke of York was born in 1633 in England (House of Stuart) son of Charles I. He was christened in 1660 in England - Duke of York return from exile.
		James FITZ JAMES Duke of Berwick was born in 1670 in Moulins - natural son of James Duke of York.
		Henry Grand Prior of YORK Duke of Albemarle was born after 1688 in France - natural son of James Duke of York.
	home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d4377.htm (452 words)

	Duke of Monmouth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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.
		Upon the death of Charles II in 1685, the Duke of York acceded to the throne as James II.
	www.visitmonmouth.com /publicinformation/duke_of_monmouth.htm (514 words)

	BHC2797 : James, Duke of York, 1633-1701
		James was Lord High Admiral for his elder brother, Charles II, from the latter's Restoration to the throne in 1660 until 1673, when he was excluded from office as a Catholic under the Test Act.
		The Duke was in personal command of the fleet at the victory over the Dutch off Lowestoft in 1665 and again at the Battle of Solebay in 1672, which this portrait may commemorate.
		James was an experienced and brave soldier by land and sea, and extremely interested and diligent in the administration of the Navy.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /mag/pages/mnuExplore/paintingDetail.cfm?ID=BHC2797 (798 words)

	Second Bill to Exclude the Duke of York, 1680
		Among these bills was a failed attempt to exclude James, Duke of York (later King James II and VII) from the succession to the throne.
		An Act for securing of the Protestant religion by disabling James, Duke of York, to inherit the imperial crown of England and Ireland and the dominions and territories thereunto belonging.
		And further, that if any person or persons whatsoever shall be aiding of assisting unto such return of the said James, Duke of York, that then every such person shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of high treason, and shall suffer as in cases of high treason.
	www.jacobite.ca /documents/1680exclusion.htm (380 words)

	Pepys' Diary: Stuart, James (Duke of York, Lord High Admiral) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		James Stuart (1633-1701), second son of King Charles I. When his older brother, Charles II, died without heirs, James succeeded to the throne as King James II.
		James and Charles were cousins to Louis XIV (the Sun King); Louis was known for some good Quotes “… —”I am the State!” — “L’état c’est moi!” …”and about him “…’…..[his] vanity was without limit or restraint.” —” …”
		Whilst His Majesty was still Duke of York and of Albany, he was illicitly associated with Arabella Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough’s sister.
	www.pepysdiary.com /p/800.php (489 words)

	James Duke Related Supplies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		James Duke - Return to June Bulletin Table of Contents From the June 1996 Arizona Real Estate Bulletin James Duke named Director of Auditing and Investigations James H. Duke has been named Director of the Department...
		Lake James - Duke Power - Lake James is named for James B. Duke, one of the founders of Duke Power.
		PETER JAMES DUKE-Part 1 - Peter James Duke is the survivor of a heart defect and several surgical procedures.
	www.medical-research-books.com /1mrb/James-Duke (362 words)

	New York State Senate >> About the Senate >> Historical Timeline
		Duke of York appoints new royal governor, Thomas Dongan, and directs him to call for a general assembly which would have the power to pass laws subject to the approval of the governor and the duke himself.
		Delegates to New York's Provincial Congress are elected by twelve New York counties, with the majority of delegates being Patriots instead of Loyalists.
		New York's Royal Governor William Tryon, appointed to the position in 1771, is forced to leave New York City and stay on a British warship anchored in the harbor.
	www.senate.state.ny.us /sws/about/timeline.html (3402 words)

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		Mary of Modena (1658-1718) was the queen consort of King James II of England.
		Daughter of Alfonso d'Este III, Duke of Modena, she was born in Modena, Italy and christened Maria Beatrice Eleanor Anne Margaret Isabella.
		Mary of Modena, however, was a Roman Catholic, as was James himself.
	www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/m/ma/mary_of_modena.html (240 words)

	New York colony history
		Charles granted to his brother James, Duke of York and Albany, all the land between the Connecticut and Delaware rivers.
		James II, and he included New York within the Dominion of New England, a colony that incorporated most of New England under the close control of a royal governor.
		In 1689 news arrived in New York that James II had been overthrown in England’s Glorious Revolution and that Andros, governor of the Dominion of New England, had been captured by Boston rebels.
	www.alomani.com /knowledge/history/us/newyork.html (948 words)

	New Jersey county information for students
		In 1664, James conveyed the land to two proprietors, Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret.
		Isle of Jersey (and Carteret) had sheltered Charles II and his brother James, Duke of York, when they had to flee the English Civil War.
		The Duke of York, possessed of the Jerseys, Granted same to Sir George Carteret, who came from the Isle of Jersey.
	www.gti.net /mocolib1/kid/njhistory.html (357 words)

	1685 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland.
		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.
	www.northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1685 (356 words)

	Monmouth - Metaweb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		James, Duke of Monmouth was the bastard son of Charles II by his mistress, Lucy Walter.
		When Charles was invited back to England young James was brought to join him and named Duke of Monmouth, but he was not recognised as a legitimate heir.
		There was also a rumour of their having been secretly married, which would have made James the true and legitimate heir to the throne.
	www.metaweb.com /wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Monmouth (639 words)

	Southwold Museum - Focus on the Battle of Sole Bay and the wars with Holland in 17th century
		The objective was to defeat the Dutch Navy and land troops in the Netherlands in support of the French army.
		James, Duke of York commanded the allied fleet of 98 warships and 30 fireships.
		James, Duke of York commanded the allied fleet and
	www.southwoldmuseum.org /topics_solebay.htm (289 words)

	James, Duke of York (1633-1701). - - Port Cities
		Description: A full-length highly coloured Baroque portrait of James, Duke of York (King James II from 1685 until 1688) in a Romanesque costume representing Mars, the God of War.
		The Duke of York was in personal command of the fleet at the victory over the Dutch off Lowestoft in 1665 and again at the Battle of Solebay in 1672, which this portrait may commemorate.
		On the right a page, traditionally thought to be the Duke of Marlborough or a member of the Cabal, is dressed in a similar manner and holds a plumed helmet of Franco-Roman design.
	www.portcities.org.uk /server/show/conMediaFile.491/James-Duke-of-York(16331701).html (262 words)

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