In little James Stuart, the Catholic King James II finally had the male heir he had ... king and Mary of Modena remain childless, and the crown passes directly to his Protestant daughters by ...

King James II of England narrowly escaped the sinking ship named "The Gloucester". A royal warship that sank off the east coast of Britain more than 300 years ago while carrying a future king was ...

Three years before he ascended the throne in 1685, the future James II of England narrowly survived a shipwreck that claimed the lives of an estimated 130 to 250 people. Running afoul of a ...

The coronation of James II and his queen Mary of Modena took place on 23rd April ... There seemed to be "bad omens" on the day of the coronation – the crown appeared to be about to fall off his head ...