James VII
Britishnoun
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The MacDonalds were targeted because of their support for the exiled King James VII of Scotland and II of England.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2023
He became king of England, and King James VII of Scotland three years later.
From Reuters ● Jun. 10, 2022
He went on to reign as King James II of England and Ireland, and as James VII of Scotland from 1685 to 1688, when he was deposed by the Glorious Revolution.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
This 17th-century chapel, one of the most handsome in the city and commissioned by James VII, is the parish church of the Palace of Holyroodhouse and of the Scottish parliament.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 30, 2011
This collar, however, was a mere device until the institution, or as it is generally but inaccurately called, the revival, of the order of the Thistle by James VII.
From Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John
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