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Was Mary II a Catholic

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Queen Mary II was the daughter of James II and VII, James was deposed specifically because he was a catholic in 1689. She reigned jointly with her husband William III as queen regnant. They were offered the throne because they were protestants.

Mary I, the daughter of Henry VIII, was a catholic.

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