#mary ii

[acrossthewavesoftime]

Tumblr Dashboard Simulator: 1670s/1680s English Court

🐶 merry-monarch

#monday motivation #motivational quote #there are indeed good thyngs and bad in this countrie #the good: women #the bad: PARLEMENT

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💖 mary-clorine

I have two husbands, and that causes me much trouble and torment of the soul, for I may be with childe by one, and have thus given horns to th'other, who is also a lady, and we have been married first. Now she won't writ to me as we did as girles, and my lawfull husband, I have not yett told, for my condition is not certain yet. I cannot talk in honesty whith one, and with the other husband, neither.

'Tis awkward to speak of this, but if not to your friends online, to whom can one talk of such troubles?

#personal #might remove later #aurelia I miss you

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🤴dukeofm

There are thyngs the governement, the Kinge in particular, do not wish you to know about: the Royall Successioun is all made false, for instead of the D. of Yorke, the True Heir to H. M. the Kinge shoud be the Duke of Monmouth, for he was lawfully begot by the Kinge, then married in secret to the late Lucy Walter, and must therefore be accepted as Prince before his uncle the D. of Yorke, who is a Catholick.

All ye good people should speak up against this injustice! If you cannot pledge your life (if there be a fight), or some shillings to the cause, you may help it greatly alreadie by re-bloggying, and bringing this mater to greater awareness!

#sociall justice #awareness #politick

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🎀 prettywittynell

@merry-monarch had me painted! For more content like this, and to vote which painter shoud doe me (haha!) next, please visit my OnlieFriendes account!!!

#lely #girlboss #hotter than madam carwell!! ;)))

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🍊 je-maintiendrai

Hans Willem et moy!

Vouz pouves nous voir en visitant Stichting Kasteel Amerongen, ou icy, en-ligne (un grand mercy au Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis): https://rkd.nl/images/126807

#meilleur amy #boy best friends #louis n'a pas d'amy si proche que j'ay

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👑 catholic-guilty666

Why cannot a man haue normall nepheues. One, @je-maintiendrai, is nigh a Puritan in his Protestant fervour, and th'other dispreads falsehoods about the monarcky (and the Roman Church).

I reported the other one, @dukeofm for his libel, in hopes he shall be deactivated, alas th'other I can but block, and not banished from this place. I also hope my daughter the Princess shall divorce him speedilye.

Tonight, I hope to forgett all about this vexing bussinesse by thinking on going a-stag hunting tomorrow with H. M. my brothere, the King.

#vent #vent post #callout post

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🇮🇹modenamarie

#poll #nicknames #mary

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💃 annieannieannie

3. The feeling One experiences when One findes out, that one's weird uncle hath a Tumblr-accountt, too 💀💀💀

do not follow him

#i thought 'twas my bad eyes but what i was seeing was real #the family #non followeres do not interact

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#history humour #unreality #fake tumblr post #for true immersion you can vote in maria beatrice's poll! #17th century #the stuarts #charles ii #mary ii #nell gwynn #william iii #william of orange #james duke of monmouth #james ii #mary of modena #queen anne #british history

[marquisevonobst]

Had the great pleasure to visit Paleis Het Loo with @acrossthewavesoftime and @kattestrophe

Absolutely stunning building.

#william iii #william iii of england #mary ii #mary ii of england #het loo #history #paleis het loo #lets get ready to ramble #willem iii van oranje

[catherinetheprincessofwales]

9 Royal Mary’s of history - Reigning and Consorting: -> 1. Mary of Burgundy: Consort of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1457–1482). -> 2. Mary of Hungary (Mary of Habsburg): Queen consort of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (1505–1558). -> 3. Mary I of England: Reigned 1553–1558 (1516–1558). -> 4. Mary of Guise: Queen consort of James V of Scotland, regent for Mary, Queen of Scots (1515–1560). -> 5. Mary, Queen of Scots: Reigned 1542–1567 (1542–1587). -> 6. Mary II of England: Reigned 1689–1694 (1662–1694). -> 7. Mary of Modena: Queen consort of James II of England, regent for James Francis Edward Stuart (1658–1718). -> 8. Mary of Teck (Queen Mary): Consort of George V of UK, reigned 1910–1936 (1867–1953). -> 9. Mary Elizabeth Donaldson (Queen Mary): current Queen consort of Frederick X of Denmark since 14th January 2024 (1972-).

#ktd #Royal history #european history #Mary I #mary ii #mary queen of scots #queen mary #Mary of teck #Mary of Modena #Mary of guise #Mary of burgundy #Mary of Hungary #European royalty #royal #royalty #brf #british royal family #british royalty #british royal fandom #Art #art history #Denmark

[jrkyy]

Requests 6/10

George III - @justdonotaskmewhy (I’ll do your Marat soon dw lol)

Mary II - @acrossthewavesoftime

Princess Charlotte - @acrossthewavesoftime

Frederick Duke of York - @nordleuchten

#george iii #Mary II #Princess Charlotte #Frederick Duke of York #georgian era #stuart era #regency #my art #sorry for the late drawing 🥲🥲

[unanchored-ship]

I made little William and Mary gremlins... they've been in my head for a while now :3

#i forgot mary's little curls on the side when berry is holding her #oh well #while drawing louis i was like wait this lad could be confused with charles #so i slapped them inaccurate fleur-de-lis on #louis xiv #william iii #mary ii #charles talbot #duke of shrewsbury

[defensivelee]

m&w novelists be writing william either as "the world's most autistic princess" or "disgusting freak of a man who you hate" no in between

#ofc it's possible to be both.... #william iii #mary ii

[milothem4ge]

silly Stuart homestuck au because am obsessed with homestuck and @defensivelee liked the concept.

#milo draws #homestuck #old crackers from history tag #william iii #mary ii

[redladydeath]

So, back in 2022 I came up with this alternate history idea I called “Bloody Mary II.” I don’t think I ever posted publicly about it, but the main idea was basically “What if the Glorious Revolution went horribly wrong?” Recently, I was randomly struck with some new ideas for it, so I figured I’d write some stuff out.

During the advance on London, William is fatally shot by a random, independently-acting king’s man. Mary is in pieces when the news reaches her, but finds herself the new focal-point of the whole affair. William’s murder is an international incident; the invasion fleet is in disarray, unsure of whether to return home or press on, England is in chaos as the people struggle to make sense of what is going on (whether the aimless foreign army occupying their land is a good or bad thing, was the assassination justified or not, is war about to break out, what should be done about James, etc.), the Dutch want James’ head on a pike for killing their prince (James did not actually want William killed, but no one is willing to believe him at the moment), and all eyes in Europe are now on England. Despite her intense grief and lack of confidence in her abilities, Mary feels obligated to take up the reigns as the revolution’s new head.

She begins directing the invasion fleet and, once William’s body is returned to the Netherlands and she is able to lay him to rest, she sails to England to lead them in-person. She is driven by an urge to honor William’s memory and a burning desire for revenge upon her father for taking him from her. Despite her fairly swift arrival, the invasion has already been blown way off course; the English citizenry has become divided in their support for the revolution and James has had enough time to throw together a decent defending army. Instead of a bloodless coup, a full civil war breaks out between the two opposing sides. Mary truly wants no part in all this, but continues in her campaign because she feels that she must do what needs to be done.

Over the course of a year or so, Mary and James wage war against each other, despite both parties’ misery at “having” to do so. Eventually, Mary’s forces manage to push James out of Britain; he simply does not have enough support to keep fighting her indefinitely, despite her own unpopularity for leading a foreign army and instigating a second civil war. Mary is crowned queen while James and his family take refuge in France. However, the country remains unsettled and James continues to make attempts at regaining his crown, so Mary has her work cut out for her.

Parliament urges her to remarry in order to bring in more support and hopefully produce an heir, but Mary refuses to even entertain the possibility. Now that she no longer has the distraction of constant danger, her grief, combined with her pre-existing depression and the stress of having so many people relying on her to make decisions, is all-encompassing. She feels that remarrying would be a betrayal of William’s memory (despite him giving her permission to do so before leaving with the invasion force) and she decides she will never love again. She becomes an almost Queen Victoria-like figure, determined to stay in mourning for the rest of her life. Her unwillingness to compromise on this causes her reputation to take another hit, as she’s dooming the country to another succession crisis once she dies. Anne is still suffering her obstetrical problems, so there's no clear heir to the throne and many fear that the Dutch may attempt to sway Mary one way or another, as she is still closely involved with them despite not holding any power there.

Through the stress of navigating war and queenship without any preparation, Mary comes to rely heavily on Bentinck for support. He swore to William on his deathbed that he would protect and aid Mary and, in his own grief, has fully committed to that task. The two of them end up forming a somewhat co-dependent, but purely platonic, relationship, united in their grief for William. The English are highly skeptical of Bentinck; they already want to removal all Dutch influence from Mary’s court and his intense closeness with her has everyone convinced that they are having an affair. Some think that he's the reason she refuses to remarry, others that he’s manipulating her and is the real power behind the throne. None of it is true, but it does even more damage to Mary’s public image. After several years and several attempts to remove him through various means, Bentinck asks Mary to allow him to return to the Netherlands. She refuses, as she’s remained relatively isolated at court during her time as queen and she’s come to rely so heavily on his support and advice.

Eventually, during one of James’ attempts at invading Britain, a young James Francis Edward is captured by Mary’s forces. He is brought to her for her to decide what to do with him. Upon meeting him for the first time, Mary is struck with the horrible realization that this is indeed her brother and that the whole invasion that ruined her life it was predicated on a lie. Despondent and throughly emotionally exhausted, she is unsure of what to do with him and simply keeps him with her at Hampton Court. He’s young enough that he doesn’t completely hate her yet, and thus the two form a detached, but somewhat caring relationship. James and Maria are absolutely besides themselves, trying to get their son back, and Mary’s advisors are urging her to come to a decision about what to do with him, but Mary, exhausted with playing the political game, refuses to make a decision one way or another, content to simply sit still for the first time in the years. What happens next has yet to be seen.

All of this chaos and Mary’s extremely mixed reputation result in her going down in history as “Bloody Mary II.” She’s a figure of some sympathy on account of her horribly tragic life, but the English people simply could not forgive her for dragging them into a second civil war only 40 years after the first.

#Mary is Miserable the AU #redlady speaks #mary ii #william iii #history brainrot

[onestuarteveryday]

day three hundred and thirty one: a continuation from yesterday's request!! i wanted to make her a delft tile lion girl. idk i've had the concept in my head of a delft tile lion girl in my head and while this isn't like obv fully reminiscent of that... i wanted more dark colors than bright ones. also i think just the way i draw her hair kind of looks like lion tufties already. and naturally i had to give her huge lashes

i think she takes a lot of bites out of william now and then but he likes it. if she was actually in this verse she would express an interest in the hazbin hotel bc it sounds like a genuinely sweet idea to her!! she doesn't think it's possible for her, though. she thinks this is where she deserves to be and she doesn't hate the idea. it's like some kind of masochistic pleasure to her now. she wants to hate it but she knows she doesn't even deserve that...

#mary ii

[just-history-things]

#charles i #charles ii #james ii #mary ii #william iii #queen anne #george i #george ii #george iii #george iv #history #english history #british history #poll

[tiny-librarian]

Royal Birthdays for today, April 30th:

Casimir III, King of Poland, 1310

Anne of Gloucester, Countess of Stafford, 1383

William III, Landgrave of Thuringia, 1425

Louise of Lorraine, Queen of France, 1553

Éléonore de Bourbon, Princess of Orange, 1587

Mary II, Queen of England, 1662

François Louis, Prince of Conti, 1664

Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, 1909

Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, 1946

Miguel Urdangarín y de Borbón, Son of Infanta Cristina, 2002

#mary ii #louise of lorraine #casimir iii #Éléonore de Bourbon #william iii #anne of gloucester #francois louis de bourbon #queen juliana #carl xvi gustaf #Miguel Urdangarín y de Borbón #long live the queue #royal birthdays

[acrossthewavesoftime]

Am I doing this right?

#the stuarts #charles i #charles ii #james ii #mary ii #william ii #william of orange #queen anne #james francis edward stuart #charles edward stuart #bonnie prince charlie #history humour #british history #17th century #18th century #barbie meme

[marquisevonobst]

I'm going slightly mad. Willem... we're really in it now.

Treat yourself to this radio play if you have some spare time. It's so well done and kinda addictive! (Thank you @acrossthewavesoftime for the rec!)

#william iii #mary ii #radio play

[outrowingss]

If England had a nickel for everytime a Queen Mary had a sister that feigned ill health to avoid going to a church service with them they’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice right?

#History #Queen Anne #Mary II #Mary I #Elizabeth I #my post

[oh-dear-so-queer]

Princess Mary, wife of William of Orange, who would become Queen Mary II, was intimate with Frances, Lady Bathurst, for 20 years, the two writing to each other under pet names and referring to each other as husband and wife. In 1678, Mary described her pregnancy with her husband as if she had betrayed their love: 'Though I have played the whore a little, I love you of all things in the world.'

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

#book quote #normal women #philippa gregory #nonfiction #princess mary #william of orange #mary ii #frances #lady bathurst #intimacy #wlw #lesbian #pet names #70s #1670s #17th century #pregnancy #betrayal #love

[unanchored-ship]

so this is William's time with my stoopid headcanons might have to zoom in to read stuff

heres a color coded version if the arrows are too confusing lol

hang on just to be sure the dark teal arrow from Fenwick is directed at Marly not Prior's arrow okay thanks

but then again it could also work since Fentwink doesnt like William

#we all agree that keppel has albinism #jkjkjk (but the way we draw him with the white grandma hair) #nahh hes just quirky and unique :P #i rlly like devonshires colors #had to squeeze godolphin and sunderland in cuz i almost forgot them #this can sorta act as a ref for my designs but its only the head soooooo #tagging everyone here we go #william iii #mary ii #marquess of halifax #duke of leeds #sir john fenwick #duke of shrewsbury #arnold joost van keppel #hans willem bentinck #duke of devonshire #elizabeth villers #govert bidloo #gilbert burnet #viscount torrington #edward russell #lord mordaunt #earl of dorset #matthew prior #earl of nottingham #duke of marlborough #sarah churchill #anne stuart #george of denmark #earl of sunderland