James II of England

1633–1701

King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1685 to 1688 (1633–1701)

monarch · politician · sovereign

Born in London

Contemporaries

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• Rembrandt (1606–1669)
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716)
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