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James II of England
King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1685 to 1688
James II and VII | |
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Portrait by Peter Lely | |
Reign | 6 February 1685 – 23 December 1688 |
Coronation | 23 April 1685 |
Predecessor | Charles II |
Successors | Mary II and William III & II |
Born | 14 October 1633 (N.S.: 24 October 1633) St James's Palace, Westminster, England |
Died | 16 September 1701 (aged 67)[a] (N.S.) Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France |
Burial | Church of the English Benedictines, Paris[b] |
Spouses | Anne Hyde (m. 1660; died 1671) |
Issue more... | Illegitimate: |
House | Stuart |
Father | Charles I of England |
Mother | Henrietta Maria of France |
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James II and VII (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685, until he was deposed in the 1688 Glorious Revolution. The last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland, his reign is now remembered primarily for conflicts over religion. However, it also involved struggles over the principles of absolutism and divine right of kings, with his depositio
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King James Version
The King James Version (KJV), also known as the Authorized Version (AV), is the English translation of the ChristianBible initiated under the order of King James I of England (James VI of Scotland) and first published in 1611 (for which reason it is sometimes referred to by the abbreviation "AV 1611"). The translation was intended to be read aloud and is widely credited to be a significant and influential work of world literature. [1] The King James Bible has been heavily revised over time and available in several editions, with the 1769 version being widely used today.
The New Testament portion relied on the Greek Textus Receptus (literally, "received text") as published by Erasmus beginning in 1516, while the Old Testament was translated from the Hebrew Masoretic Text as published in 1524–5. The KJV originally included the Apocrypha, as well, although beginning in the 19th century, most printed versions have omitted these.
Unauthorised translations, such as Wycliffe's Bible and the Tyndale Bible, predate the KJV and other authorised translations. Although his contribution was uncredited, William Tyndale was highly influential in the KJV translation: 84% New Testament and 75.8% Old Testament of the King James Bible is from the
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