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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 3402260, member: 101855&quot;]For those who might be bit confused here, James II became the King of England after his brother Charles II died without a legitimate heir to the crown. Charles II fathered lots of children; the trouble was all of them were with women other than his wife, the queen. She must have been infertile because they had no children.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unlike his brother, James II was ardent Catholic and also unlike his brother, he chose to push that religious issue upon England which had been a Protestant nation since the days of Henry VIII. Charles II had had the good sense to enjoy his office and not stir the pot. He had seen what had happened to his father who had literally lost his head. James II’s plan to reconcile with the Catholic Church didn’t go over well.</p><p><br /></p><p>When James had a son, the Whigs and Tories in Parliament became concerned. A son met that a Catholic would continue to be on the throne and push his agenda. The result was a bloodless coup, “The Glorious Revolution,” in which James II fled without a fight and William and Mary were invited to take the crown.</p><p><br /></p><p>In later years James with aid of the French, who always looking to stir up trouble in England, worked with dissident Scots and Irishmen to retake his crown. I believe that he became known as “the old pretender” and his son who continued the movement was called “the young pretender.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a James II gold guinea.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]903355[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]903356[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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