Which Dutch nobleman married Mary and became a monarch of England after the Glorious Revolution?

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Which Dutch nobleman married Mary and became a monarch of England after the Glorious Revolution?

William of Orange was the Dutch prince who married Mary, daughter of James II. When Parliament invited him to intervene during the Glorious Revolution of 1688, he landed in England and, with Mary, displaced James II, becoming monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland as William III and Mary II. This pairing solidified a shift toward a constitutional framework in which Parliament limited royal authority. The other names refer to rulers who did not ascend the English throne after the Glorious Revolution in this way: James II was the king who was removed; Charles II ruled before James II; Henry VIII was a much earlier monarch from a different era.

William of Orange was the Dutch prince who married Mary, daughter of James II. When Parliament invited him to intervene during the Glorious Revolution of 1688, he landed in England and, with Mary, displaced James II, becoming monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland as William III and Mary II. This pairing solidified a shift toward a constitutional framework in which Parliament limited royal authority.

The other names refer to rulers who did not ascend the English throne after the Glorious Revolution in this way: James II was the king who was removed; Charles II ruled before James II; Henry VIII was a much earlier monarch from a different era.

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