Court of James II of England

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The Court of James II of England was the royal household and political center surrounding King James II during his reign from 1685 to 1688, marked by intense religious conflict, efforts to restore Catholic influence, and the events leading up to the Glorious Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political center ⓘ
royal court ⓘ
alsoMetAt Hampton Court Palace ⓘ
St James's Palace ⓘ
associatedWithMonarch James II of England ⓘ
causeOfChange overthrow of James II in 1688 ⓘ
conflictWith Anglican political establishment ⓘ
English Parliament ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolutionReason flight of James II to France ⓘ
employedBy James II of England ⓘ
endTime 1688 ⓘ
followedBy Court of William III and Mary II ⓘ
ideology support for royal prerogative ⓘ
toleration for Catholics ⓘ
includedInstitution Household of James II of England ⓘ
Privy Council of England ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
includedOffice Lord Chamberlain ⓘ
Lord Steward ⓘ
Lord Treasurer ⓘ
linked to: Lord High Treasurer

Master of the Horse ⓘ
Secretary of State ⓘ
influencedBy French court of Louis XIV ⓘ
linked to: Court of Louis XIV
languageUsed English ⓘ
French ⓘ
linkedEvent Bloody Assizes ⓘ
Declaration of Indulgence (1687) ⓘ
Glorious Revolution ⓘ
Monmouth Rebellion ⓘ
Trial of the Seven Bishops ⓘ
locatedInPeriod Restoration period ⓘ
Stuart era ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
notableFor attempts to restore Catholic influence in England ⓘ
central role in events leading to the Glorious Revolution ⓘ
religious conflict between Catholics and Protestants ⓘ
notableMember Edward Petre ⓘ
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys ⓘ
Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon ⓘ
James, Duke of York (later James II) as monarch ⓘ
linked to: James II of England

John Churchill, later Duke of Marlborough ⓘ
Lawrence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester ⓘ
Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham ⓘ
Mary of Modena ⓘ
Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell ⓘ
Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland ⓘ
politicalRole center of royal decision-making ⓘ
instrument of royal absolutist policies ⓘ
predecessor Court of Charles II of England ⓘ
primarySeat Whitehall Palace ⓘ
linked to: Palace of Whitehall
religiousOrientation pro-Catholic ⓘ
residenceOf James II of England ⓘ
socialFunction center of aristocratic patronage ⓘ
stage for factional politics ⓘ
startTime 1685 ⓘ

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Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield → court → Court of James II of England ⓘ
James Renwick → executedUnder → government of James VII and II ⓘ
linked to: Court of James II of England