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• James II, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: Bibliography - Bibliography See his early memoirs (tr. 1962); biographies by H. Belloc (1928, repr. 1971), F. G. ...
• James II, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: Reign - Reign When Charles died in 1685, James succeeded peacefully to the throne. An uprising led by the ...
• James II, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: Effect of James's Catholicism - Effect of James's Catholicism James was converted to Roman Catholicism probably in 1668—a ...
• James II, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: Attempts at Restoration - Attempts at Restoration James made an effort to restore himself by landing in Ireland in 1689 and ...
• James II, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland: Early Life - Early Life As the young duke of York James was surrendered (1646) to the parliamentary forces at ...

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