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James II of England, then Duke of York, Henri Gascar, 1673. #henrigascar #henrigascard #art #artwork #artist #oiloncanvas #oiloncanvaspainting #oiloncanvasportrait #portrait #painting #jamesii #jamesiiofengland #dukeofyork #17thcentury #17thcenturyart #baroque #baroqueart #baroquepainting #roman #costume #mars #godofwar #silk #armour #frenchartist #frenchart #frenchpainter #royalcollection #nationalmaritimemuseum #london (at National Maritime Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmR85AUIoz4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

On This Day In Royal History . 3 September 1660 . James, Duke of York (later King James II) married Anne Hyde. . . ◼ In 1660 James had prompted controversy by announcing his engagement to Anne Hyde, the daughter of King Charles II’s’ chief minister, Edward Hyde. . ◼ In 1659, while trying to seduce her, James promised he would marry Anne. Anne became pregnant in 1660, but following the Restoration & James’s return to power, no one at the royal court expected a prince to marry a commoner, no matter what he had pledged beforehand. . ◼ Although nearly everyone, including Anne’s father, urged the two not to marry, the couple married secretly, then went through an official marriage ceremony on 3 September 1660 in London. . ◼ Their first child, Charles, was born less than two months later, but died in infancy, as did five further sons & daughters. Only two daughters survived: Mary (born 30 April 1662) & Anne (born 6 February 1665), both future Queen’s. . ◼ Samuel Pepys wrote that James was fond of his children & his role as a father, & played with them “like an ordinary private father of a child”, a contrast to the distant parenting common to royals at the time. James’s wife was devoted to him & influenced many of his decisions. Even so, he kept a variety of mistresses, including Arabella Churchill & Catherine Sedley, & was reputed to be “the most unguarded ogler of his time.” Anne Hyde died in 1671. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1660 #RoyalWedding #JamesII #KingJamesII #JamesIIofEngland #KingofEngland #DukeofYork #AnneHyde #Royalty #History #RoyaltyinArt #EnglishMonarchy #HouseofStuart #otd #OnThisDay #RoyalHistory #Stuarts #BritishMonarchy #D3Sep (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEr2FtRDji4/?igshid=f1x3kgb9gtyj

A most unusual stool of James II design in walnut. The upper section with inverted stylised tulips and a wavy cross stretcher. With four grosse-point mid-19th century cushions. c1900 Height 18.00 inch (45.7 cm) Width 60.00 inch (152.4 cm) Depth 26.00 inch (66.0 cm) #antiques #antique #vintage #instagood #furniture #interiors #Photooftheday #picoftheday #antiquesdealersofinstagram #antiquesforsale #periodhome #stool #JamesII https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt6AerLHYaV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1f2i18no48jmi

I buried Him with fitting dignity. There in the middle, there was a box, lightly Gilded, set with stones. It contained His heart and parts of Mine. For He is gone now. Lost in the darkness of His soul. Purcell Fills this hallowed hall. The air laden with clouds of sacred smoke. There I sit, Adorned in Ermine as only You would remember Me. It was quite lovely, despite the tragedy. The others, they merely looked on. They never knew. How I loved You. How You suffered under the weight of Your guilt and conscience. In the I had to choose. A matter of life and death. I decided. I want to live. This time is was too short. We didn't get the chance to become what We wanted. But Dearest I am grateful. For the time We had. For the love We shared. Will You wait for Me at the end? We'll meet amongst the stars where We belong together. I'll meet You there. I'll wait for You, I promise. I love You. #london #mooddujour #saturday #mood #ermine #erminefur #cape #robes #jamesii #dukeofyork #art #details #burial #purcell #incense #poetry #poems #words #mylifeinwriting #littlestoriesofmylife #courage #dear #heart #stars #heaven #loveisallyouneed #waitforme #traditionalism

Beautiful Quality Print Of King James II as an Infant - After the Original by Sir Anthony Van Dyck in a Gorgeous Arts and Crafts Frame www.OnlineAntiques.net. Sir Anthony van Dyck was a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. The seventh child of Frans van Dyck, a wealthy Antwerp silk merchant, Anthony painted from an early age. #anthonyvandyck #art #jamesII #kingjames #kingjamesII #childportraits #portraits #antiqueprints #artsandcrafts https://www.instagram.com/p/CTBZjGzosIR/?utm_medium=tumblr

The British World: Settlement and Exploration. “The First Steps Toward a British Empire” In 1610, Henry Hudson discovered the vast bay that bears his name and brought #british traders and others to the region. Equally important, was the river he explored that bears his name in modern day NY State. For much of the time before his death, around 1611, he worked for the Dutch, who founded their own American colony, New Netherland (1614), between New England in the north and Maryland and Virginia to the south. 1) Name change. New York, from the water, is depicted in a hand-colored 1702 engraving by Peter Schenk. The city, originally known as Nieuw Amsterdam, served as the capital of a #dutchcolony , Nieuw-Nederland. Captured by the British in 1664, it was renamed after the #dukeofyork , brother of #charlesii and future #jamesii #ushistory #colonialamerica #americanlife #worldhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/COLs25nrSX9/?igshid=p5zvsosxpsyk

Tale of two nonsailors 2nd September 1685, execution by beheading of Alice Lisle, the last woman in England to be judicially sentenced with beheading. Lisle was accused and convicted of harbouring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at the Battle of Sedgemoor. The members of the rebellion were tried during the ‘Bloody Assizes’ in Winchester, presided over by Baron George Jeffreys, known to history as the ‘hanging judge’. It is estimated that during the assizes Jeffreys gave the sentence of execution for treason, to 700 of those involved, or in Lisle’s case those who had sheltered the fugitives. Three years after the Monmouth Rebellion, during the ‘Glorious Revolution’ of 1688, Jeffreys was captured trying to flee London, while disguised as a sailor. Ironically he was pointed out by one of his judicial victims, and captured. Terrified of the crowd, containing many who had received his judgment, Jeffrey’s pleaded to be protected from them. He died the following year in the Tower of London. 3rd September 1838, American social reformer, abolitionist, writer and orator Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor. Forced to work for "slave-breaker." Edward Covey, Douglass on this day escaped by boarding a northbound train of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, aided by Anna Murray, a free black woman from Baltimore, who Dougass had met the previous year and fallen in love with. Provided by Murray with money, papers and the sailors uniform, the couple upon Douglass successful escape marry and settle in New Bedford, Massachusetts, moving to Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1841. In 1845 Douglass published his account as the ‘Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave’. #17thcentury #19thcentury #jamesii #execution #hangingjudgejeffries #toweroflondon #bloodyassizes #frederickdouglass #slavery #abolition #abolitionist #sailor #weirdhistory #history #historical #historylovers #historygeek #historic #historicconnections #historicalconnections #strangehistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CEwWN9hgLTD/?igshid=l46f6y9wzln9

Tale of two nonsailors 2nd September 1685, execution by beheading of Alice Lisle, the last woman in England to be judicially sentenced with beheading. Lisle was accused and convicted of harbouring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at the Battle of Sedgemoor. The members of the rebellion were tried during the ‘Bloody Assizes’ in Winchester, presided over by Baron George Jeffreys, known to history as the ‘hanging judge’. It is estimated that during the assizes Jeffreys gave the sentence of execution for treason, to 700 of those involved, or in Lisle’s case those who had sheltered the fugitives. Three years after the Monmouth Rebellion, during the ‘Glorious Revolution’ of 1688, Jeffreys was captured trying to flee London, while disguised as a sailor. Ironically he was pointed out by one of his judicial victims, and captured. Terrified of the crowd, containing many who had received his judgment, Jeffrey’s pleaded to be protected from them. He died the following year in the Tower of London. 3rd September 1838, American social reformer, abolitionist, writer and orator Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor. Forced to work for "slave-breaker." Edward Covey, Douglass on this day escaped by boarding a northbound train of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, aided by Anna Murray, a free black woman from Baltimore, who Dougass had met the previous year and fallen in love with. Provided by Murray with money, papers and the sailors uniform, the couple upon Douglass successful escape marry and settle in New Bedford, Massachusetts, moving to Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1841. In 1845 Douglass published his account as the ‘Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave’. #17thcentury #19thcentury #jamesii #execution #hangingjudgejeffries #toweroflondon #bloodyassizes #frederickdouglass #slavery #abolition #abolitionist #sailor #weirdhistory #history #historical #historylovers #historygeek #historic #historicconnections #historicalconnections #strangehistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CEu0nuQggRB/?igshid=t7lzuwqnr3tq