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Article: William and Mary (William III, 1650–1702; Ruled 1689–1702)
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WILLIAM AND MARY (William III, 1650
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1702; ruled 1689
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1702)
WILLIAM AND MARY
(William III, 1650
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1702; ruled 1689
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1702), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland; (Mary II, 1662
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1694; ruled 1689
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1694), queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland. William III of Orange, stadtholder of the United Provinces, was born 4 November 1650, the son of William II of Orange (1626
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1650), who died shortly before the birth, and Mary Stuart (1631
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1660), eldest daughter of Charles I of England. Fiercely anti-French, the future William III led the Dutch in the war against France of 1672
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1678 following the revolution of 1672 that revived the ...