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- Historical spoiler alert, but the series is based on the non-fiction book The King's Assassin: The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I by writer and broadcaster Benjamin Woolley.
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Apr 5, 2024 · Murder, sex and skullduggery abound in “ Mary & George,” a new limited series about a mother and son who schemed to win the attention of the English king James I. Described by Time Out as ...
- Meilan Solly
Jan 30, 2024 · Mary (who was created Countess of Buckingham in 1618) married twice after the death of her first husband, marrying Sir William Raynor and then Sir Thomas Compton. Upon her death, in 1632, she...
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Feb 9, 2010 · 1689. William and Mary proclaimed joint sovereigns of Britain. Following Britain’s bloodless Glorious Revolution, Mary, the daughter of the deposed king, and William of Orange, her husband, are...
- Missy Sullivan
Apr 8, 2024 · Were Mary and George real? Yes, Mary and George Villiers were real historical figures, and the drama Mary and George is largely based on the true story of this mother-and-son duo.
- Elinor Evans
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William remains to be the last English King who won his crown by force. This is likely a record which he will keep for the rest of history—unless Prince Harry mounts a coup against his brother William in ten or twelve years. Wikipedia
Mary was born on April 30, 1662 in London’s St. James’ Palace. At the time of her birth, her father was only the Duke of York, as his older brother Charles II was still King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. This was also before her father converted to Catholicism, so Mary was baptized as an Anglican. Wikimedia.Commons
Mary was named after her great-great-grandmother, Mary Queen of Scots. Thankfully, that was all she took from her ancestor, as opposed to the Queen of Scot’s tragic life and cruel execution. Wikipedia
Technically, William wasn’t the king of the Netherlands. His official title was Stadtholder and the area he governed was known as the Dutch Republic. His title has been compared to that of a steward or a head of state, rather than a traditional monarch. The Netherlands would not have a king until William I proclaimed himself as such in 1815. Wikime...
Despite her father and uncle’s embrace of Catholicism, Mary and her sister Anne were brought up as Anglicans in Richmond Palace. Mary was brought up by private tutors and a governess, rarely seeing her parents. Wikimedia.Commons
William’s father, William II of the Dutch Republic, had died of smallpox just eight days before his son was born. According to William II’s will, he named his wife, Mary, the guardian of their son. However, the will hadn’t been signed before William II died, and was thus declared void. William would spend his childhood between his mother, his pater...
The position of stadtholder in the Dutch Republic was not hereditary, and so William had to fight for the chance to inherit his father’s position. From when he first reached manhood, William entered into several years of political maneuvering, compromises, and a hard-fought campaign to become raised to the title of Captain-General of the Dutch Army...
By the time that Mary was engaged to William of Orange, her father was a staunch Catholic and disliked the match. His brother King Charles II also took issue with the idea and much preferred the French Dauphin Louis, who was a Catholic. It was only the protests of Parliament and the anti-Catholic public opinion which made Charles II back down and a...
You might be wondering how William ended up going from fighting the English to marrying one of their princesses. Given the tempestuous state that all these European powers were living in at the time, William thought he could bring England into the fold as an ally of the Dutch by marrying Mary. For his part, Charles II wanted to exploit a marriage l...
Reportedly, when Mary was told that she would be marrying William, “she wept all that afternoon and all the following day.” Mary was reported to weep again during her wedding in St. James’ Palace. This might be evidence for a certain theory which exists concerning Mary—more on that later—though it’s worth pointing out that she would later be descri...
Apr 4, 2024 · ‘Mary & George’ on Starz is based on the real plot Mary Villiers and her son George Villiers followed to successfully join the court of King James I of England.
Dec 4, 2018 · The Favourite true story reveals that Anne Stuart became Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland following the death of King William III in 1702. William's wife (who was also his first cousin), Queen Mary II, had died eight years earlier in 1694. William and Mary were not Anne's parents.
