![]() Many Protestants heralded William as a champion of their faith. In 1677, he married his cousin Mary, the eldest daughter of his maternal uncle James, Duke of York, the younger brother and later successor of King Charles II.Ī Protestant, William participated in several wars against the powerful Catholic ruler Louis XIV in coalition with both Protestant and Catholic powers in Europe. His father died a week before his birth, making William III the prince of Orange from birth. William was the only child of William II, Prince of Orange, and Mary, Princess Royal, the daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland. He ruled Britain alongside his wife and cousin, Queen Mary II, and popular histories usually refer to their reign as that of "William and Mary". His victory at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 is commemorated by Unionists, who display orange colours in his honour. ![]() He is sometimes informally known as "King Billy" in Ireland and Scotland. As King of Scotland, he is known as William II. ![]() William III (William Henry Dutch: Willem Hendrik 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702. ![]()
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