James II

noun

1. 1633–1701, king of England, Ireland, and Scotland 1685–88 (son of Charles I of England).

James II

noun

1. James II14301460MScottishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1430–60, king of Scotland (1437–60), son of James I
2. James II16331701MBritishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1633–1701, king of England, Ireland, and, as James VII, of Scotland (1685–88); son of Charles I. His pro-Catholic sympathies and arbitrary rule caused the Whigs and Tories to unite in inviting his eldest surviving daughter, Mary, and her husband, William of Orange, to take the throne as joint monarchs. James was defeated at the Boyne (1690) when he attempted to regain the throne

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Charles was succeeded by his brother James II, who was even more promiscuous, and was said to have bedded over a thousand women.

From The Daily Beast

And so reported The New York Times in an 1877 book review about 17th-century scoundrel James II of England.

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It was his lot to suffer loss of goods under either king, James II.

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(now put to barrack purposes), and the building within which James II.

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It was in comparatively modern times when it served as a gallows for one of James II.

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“But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead” (James ii, 20).

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That portion of the excise, estimated at £300,000, which had been settled upon James II.

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