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Personal data William III Henry 

• Alternative name: King Billy (also known as / alias)
• He was born on November 14, 1650 in Binnenhof Palace, The Hague, Holland.Source 1
• Title: Stadtholder of Holland from birth, his father having predeceased himSource 1
• (Acceded) on February 13, 1689: He acceded to the throne of Great Britain as joint sovereign with his wife Mary (the rightful heir).Source 1
• (Crowned) on April 11, 1689 in Westminster Abbey, London, England.Source 1
• (Made) on April 25, 1653: Knight of the Garter.Source 1
• He died on March 8, 1702 in Kensington Palace, London, England, he was 51 years old.Source 1
• He is buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.Source 1
• A child of William II Henry and Mary Henrietta Stuart

Household of William III Henry

He has/had a relationship with Mary eldest Dau of James.

Child(ren):

1. Stillborn Child Henry  1678-????
2. Stillborn Child Henry  1678-????
3. Stillborn Child Henry  1680-????

Notes about William III Henry

WILLIAM III
Baptised William Henry, he was born on 4 (O.S.) or 14 (N.S.) November, 1650, at the Binnenhof Palace, The Hague, Holland. He was Stadtholder of Holland from birth, his father having predeceased him, but was deprived of the title during his childhood. He was made a Knight of the Garter on 25 April, 1653. He was designated Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, and reinstated as Stadtholder of Holland in 1672. He acceded to the throne of Great Britain as joint sovereign with his wife Mary (the rightful heir) on 13 February, 1689, following the Interregnum after the abdication and deposition of his father-in-law James II. William was crowned on 11 April, 1689, at Westminster Abbey. He died on 8 March, 1702, at Kensington Palace, London, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
William III married, on 4 November, 1677, either at St James’s Palace or at Whitehall Palace, London:
MARY II
FATHER: James II ( see here).
MOTHER: Anne Hyde ( see here, under James II).
SIBLINGS: ( see here, under James II). MARY II She was born on 30 April, 1662, at St James’s Palace, London. She was proclaimed Queen of Great Britain on 13 February, 1689, following the deposition of her father and the Interregnum; she reigned as joint sovereign with her husband, with whom she was crowned on 11 April, 1689. She died on 28 December, 1694, at Kensington Palace, London, of smallpox, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Issue of marriage: 1 Stillborn child It was born in c.April, 1678, at Breda, Holland. 2 Stillborn child It was born in September, 1678, at Hanserlaersdyck, Holland. 3 Stillborn child It was born in February, 1680, at The Hague, Holland.
WILLIAM III After Mary II’s death, William III reigned alone, the rightful heir, Anne Stuart, having given up her place in the succession to him for the term of his life.
William was succeeded by Anne in 1702. Queen Anne
FATHER: James II ( see here). MOTHER: Anne Hyde ( see here, under James II). SIBLINGS: ( see here, under James II).

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