James II

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

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How to use James II in a sentence

Charles was succeeded by his brother James II, who was even more promiscuous, and was said to have bedded over a thousand women.
Oral History: The Sex Lives of the Kings and Queens of England|Tom Sykes|July 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
And so reported The New York Times in an 1877 book review about 17th-century scoundrel James II of England.
The Celebrity Mistress Look|Janice Min|December 2, 2009|DAILY BEAST
It was his lot to suffer loss of goods under either king, James II.
The English Church in the Eighteenth Century|Charles J. Abbey and John H. Overton
(now put to barrack purposes), and the building within which James II.
The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast|Various

It was in comparatively modern times when it served as a gallows for one of James II.
Doctor Grimshawe's Secret|Nathaniel Hawthorne
“But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead” (James ii, 20).
The Bible|John E. Remsburg
That portion of the excise, estimated at £300,000, which had been settled upon James II.
William the Third|H. D. Traill

British Dictionary definitions for James II

James II

noun

1430–60, king of Scotland (1437–60), son of James I

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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