The Glorious Life, and Heroick Actions of the Most Potent Prince William III. of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, King, &c. Containing an Impartial Account of the Most Remarkable Transactions in War and Peace, Both Abroad and at Home. Being a Compleat History of All the Campaigns, Battles, Sieges and Skirmishes, Both in Ireland and Flanders: With the Most Memorable Sea-Fights and Victories Obtained Over the French. Also, A True Account of All the Horrid Plots and Conspiraties, that Have Been Contrived and Carried on Against His Majesty's Royal Person. from the Time of His Auspicious Birth, Till the Deplorable Time of His Ever to be Lamented Death, on March the Eighth, 1702


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William III


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William III, William of Orange (1650-1702), is a key figure in English history. Grandson of Charles I and married to Mary, eldest daughter of James II, the pair became the object of protestant hopes after James lost the throne. Though William was personally unpopular - his continental ties the source of suspicion and resentment - Tony Claydon argues that William was key to solving the chronic instability of seventeenth-century Britain and Ireland. This book takes a thematic approach to investigate all these aspects in their wider context, and presents William as the crucial factor in Britain's emergence as a world power, and as a model of open and participatory government.