What is James II of England?
{{Infobox royalty | name = James II & VII{{efn|In Scotland, he was called '''James VII,''' as there were six previous kings of that nation named James.}} | image = James II by Peter Lely.jpg | caption = Portrait by [[Peter Lely]] | succession = [[King of England]], [[List of Scottish monarchs|Scotland]], and [[List of Irish monarchs|Ireland]] | moretext = ([[Style of the British sovereign#Styles of English and Scottish sovereigns|more...]]) | reign = 6 February 1685 – {{nowrap|23 December 1688}} | coronation = 23 April 1685 | predecessor = [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] | successor = [[William III & II]] and [[Mary II]] | suc-type = Successors | birth_date = 14 October 1633<br />([[Old Style and New Style dates|N.S.]]: 24 October 1633) | birth_place = [[St James's Palace]], [[London]], [[England]] | death_date = 16 September 1701 (aged 67) ([[Old Style and New Style dates|N.S.]]) | death_place = [[Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye]], [[Kingdom of France|France]] | spouse = {{plainlist| *{{marriage|[[Anne Hyde]]|1660|1671|end=died}} *{{marriage|[[Mary of Modena]]<br>|1673}}}} | issue = {{plainlist| * [[Charles Stuart, Duke of Cambridge (1660–1661)|Charles, Duke of Cambridge]] * [[Mary II, Queen of England]] * [[James, Duke of Cambridge]] * [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain]] * [[Charles, Duke of Kendal]] * [[Edgar, Duke of Cambridge]] * [[Isabel Stuart]] * [[Charles Stuart, Duke of Cambridge (1677)|Charles, Duke of Cambridge]] * [[James Francis Edward Stuart]] * [[Louisa Maria Stuart]] * ''Illegitimate'': * [[Henrietta FitzJames]] * [[James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick]] * [[Henry FitzJames]]}} | issue-link = #Issue | issue-pipe = more... | house = [[House of Stuart|Stuart]] | father = [[Charles I of England]] | mother = [[Henrietta Maria of France]] | religion = {{plainlist| *[[Catholic Church in England|Catholicism]] (1668–1701) *[[Anglicanism]] (1633–1668