William of Orange marries Mary
1677 · Event
Fifteen-year-old Mary, daughter of the Catholic Duke of York, weeps at the news, then marries her Protestant Dutch cousin William at St James's Palace — the union that will put them both on the English throne.
On these timelines: England, The Glorious Revolution, The Low Countries, United Kingdom (combined), Master
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