The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_of_William_&amp;_Mary" id="mwSQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="College of William &amp; Mary">College of William &amp; Mary</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamsburg,_Virginia" id="mwSg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Williamsburg, Virginia">Williamsburg, Virginia</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_colleges" id="mwSw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Colonial colleges">second-oldest institution</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_education" id="mwTA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Higher education">higher education</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" id="mwTQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thirteen Colonies">Thirteen Colonies</a>, is granted a charter by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England" id="mwTg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William III of England">King William III</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_II_of_England" id="mwTw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mary II of England">Queen Mary II</a>.<sup about="#mwt65" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"}}' id="cite_ref-11" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-11" id="mwUA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 11;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwUQ">[11]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-11"><cite about="#mwt62" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCUI"><a class="external text" href="https://www.wm.edu/about/history/" id="mwCUM" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"History &amp; Traditions"</a>. <i id="mwCUQ"><a href="./College_of_William_&amp;_Mary" id="mwCUU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="College of William &amp; Mary">College of William &amp; Mary</a></i>. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181106182953/https://www.wm.edu/about/history/" id="mwCUY" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 2018-11-06<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCUc">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCUg">2023-11-09</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt62" class="Z3988" id="mwCUk" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=College+of+William+%26+Mary&amp;rft.atitle=History+%26+Traditions&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wm.edu%2Fabout%2Fhistory%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFebruary+8"></span></span>