William III of England person
also: William and Mary, William of Orange, William, William III of Orange
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Claims (3)
William III of England installed
Mary II host_asserted
“I'm sorry, overthrow James. So King James pretty much goes into exile in France, and William and Mary ascend to the throne of England. That's why they call it the Glorious Revolution. So basically, James isn't popular at all, but most of it…”
▶ The Shadow State 67 The City of London @ 5:19
William III of England married
Mary II host_asserted
“the word about having a Catholic dynasty. The time the heir apparent was Mary, and she was Protestant. Mary is born in 1862 and would marry William of Orange in 1677 at the ripe age of 15. Now, it's interesting because at this point in time…”
▶ The Shadow State 67 The City of London @ 3:47
Gilbert Burnet recorded
William III of England host_asserted
“In a conversation recorded by Gilbert Burnett, he requested a formal invitation asking him to rescue the nation and the religion with the projected date of the end of September. Williams subsequently claimed that he was forced to take contr…”
▶ The Shadow State 67 The City of London @ 7:11
Mentions (13)
▶ 6:13
would marry into European nobility. They always wanted to get to a place where they couldn't be invaded by land. They first went to the Netherlands. That's why you got the Dutch East India Company, which was the king of the seas for a while…
▶ 49:40
A guy by the name of Jacob Leisler. Why is he important? Do you know the name? No. 1688 was when something happens in England called the Glorious Revolution. Leisler is the guy who led that. Oh, yeah, I remember that, but I didn't realize t…
▶ 48:18
was William and Mary, William of Orange. Obviously, he's Dutch. So now you've got a Dutchman sitting on the throne in London. He brought a bunch of his ideas with him about banking and about trade and about stock exchange. And it gets imple…
▶ 3:47
the word about having a Catholic dynasty. The time the heir apparent was Mary, and she was Protestant. Mary is born in 1862 and would marry William of Orange in 1677 at the ripe age of 15. Now, it's interesting because at this point in time…
▶ 4:19
William is 12 years older than Mary, so he would have been 27 when they married his 15-year-old bride. And Mary actually ended up living to the ripe age of 32. She died in 1694, but that's postscript. So William III of Orange is King James'…
▶ 4:51
Yeah, check a few boxes there. So the Dutch are concerned that James, King James, would support France in the nine years war that the Dutch are fighting. And they're very worried about it. So some of James' domestic opponents say, hey, Will…
▶ 5:19
I'm sorry, overthrow James. So King James pretty much goes into exile in France, and William and Mary ascend to the throne of England. That's why they call it the Glorious Revolution. So basically, James isn't popular at all, but most of it…
▶ 7:11
In a conversation recorded by Gilbert Burnett, he requested a formal invitation asking him to rescue the nation and the religion with the projected date of the end of September. Williams subsequently claimed that he was forced to take contr…
▶ 7:38
And, you know, William is living in a republic. Actually, yeah. William of Orange was not a king. The title was like a viscount or something like that. But where else do we go with here? But he's overthrowing the British crown to transfer t…
▶ 8:10
The cool thing is William, you know, he's been living in the Netherlands and he brings all these great ideas with him. Things like a stock exchange, a central bank. In fact, the Bank of England would be founded six years later. And we know …
▶ 9:09
I know that. I just want to make that crystal clear. So having England and the Dutch are now allies because of William. And that really improves the military situation against France. Two on one. French, of course, being Catholic. But war i…
▶ 18:21
Kind of a big deal. Yeah, King Charles II did what's called the English Restoration for 25 years from 1860 up until he passed away. And then, of course, that's where we got, you know, we talked about with the Glorious Revolution. Parliament…
▶ 18:56
When William takes the throne, Parliament convenes and draws up a statement of the rights and liberties, and that is the English Bill of Rights. Now, that act asserted certain, and this is a direct quote, certain ancient rights and libertie…