ABOUT MARY II OF ENGLAND
Queen of England who shared power with her husband William II from 1689 to 1694. She and her husband were both Protestants who came to power in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution, which deposed her father James II and VII.
She was a popular Queen, both for her personality and for her marriage to a Protestant.
She served as an advisor to William III when he was in England, and ruled in his stead when he was away at war. She had to marry twice due to her first husband's death.
She miscarried early in her marriage, and had no children the rest of her life. Her father and mother were converts to Roman Catholicism.
She was the daughter of King James II .
