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William and Mary were the co-regnants over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, namely the Dutch Prince of Orange King William III (& II) and his spouse (and first cousin) Queen Mary II. Their joint reign began in February 1689 after they were offered the throne by the Convention Parliament irregularly summoned by William after his successful invasion of England in November 1688, tvhe so-called Glorious Revolution. They replaced James II (& VII), Mary's father, who fled the country. Parliament offered William and Mary a co-regency, at the couple's behest. After Mary died in 1694, William ruled alone until his death in 1702. William and Mary were childless and were ultimately succeeded by Mary's younger sister, Anne.
"William and Mary" is a short story by Roald Dahl, originally published in 1959 and included in his 1960 collection Kiss Kiss. It was later adapted into episodes of Way Out and Tales of the Unexpected.
William and Mary is a collective name for William III and Mary II of England, and their joint reign.
William and Mary may also refer to:
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College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia
- William & Mary Tribe, the above school's athletic program
- William and Mary Farnum House, in Auburn, New York
- William and Mary Hosmer House, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts
- William and Mary Quarterly, a history journal
- "William and Mary" (short story) by Roald Dahl
- William and Mary (TV series), a 2003–2005 ITV romantic comedy-drama, starring Martin Clunes and Julie Graham
- HMS Pitt (1805), a schooner known as William and Mary before Royal Navy service
William and Mary is an ITV romantic drama set in London, England, starring Martin Clunes as William Shawcross, an undertaker, and Julie Graham as Mary Gilcrest, a midwife. Its title refers to its two principal characters and is a cultural reference to the reign of the British monarchs William and Mary. It was shown in three six-part series in 2003-2005. It was also screened on Seven's best of-Scottish and English-oriented 7TWO.
Usage examples of "william and mary".
That Jefferson, after attending the College of William and Mary, had read law at Wilhamsburg for five years with the eminent George Wythe, gave him still greater standing with Adams, who considered Wythe one of the ablest men in Congress.
This was difficult territory, but William and Mary Catherine had been training hard for this and they didn't object to getting wet.
Both her parents had jobs greedy buggers and she was an engineering major at William and Mary.
Her London house, built in the reign of William and Mary, was, by universal consent, the most beautiful building between Bond Street and Park Lane, but opinion was divided on the subject of her country house.
In Virginia, the president of the College of William and Mary, a cousin of Madison's, the Reverend James Madison, saw a &ldquo.