Birth and family
William III was born in The Hague in the Dutch Republic on 4 November 1650. Baptised William Henry (Dutch: Willem Hendrik), he was the only child of Mary, Princess Royal, … 查看更多內容

"Disaster year": 1672
For the Dutch Republic, 1672 proved calamitous. It became known as the Rampjaar ("disaster year") because in the Franco-Dutch War and … 查看更多內容

Jacobite resistance
Although most in Britain accepted William and Mary as sovereigns, a significant minority refused … 查看更多內容

In 1702, William died of pneumonia, a complication from a broken collarbone following a fall from his horse, Sorrel. It was rumoured … 查看更多內容

Exclusion from stadtholdership
After the death of William's father, most provinces had left the office of stadtholder vacant. At the demand of Oliver Cromwell, the 查看更多內容

Invasion of England
William at first opposed the prospect of invasion, but most historians now agree that he began to … 查看更多內容

Mary II died of smallpox on 28 December 1694, leaving William III to rule alone. William deeply mourned his wife's death. Despite his conversion to Anglicanism, William's popularity in England plummeted during his reign as a sole monarch.
Rumours of … 查看更多內容