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CHAPTER X. MARY II., QUEEN-REGENT OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
(A.D. 1662-1695.)
Lady Mary of York, as this queen was styled in her youth, was a person of small importance, so far as any prospect of her ever occupying the throne was concerned, for this reason: She was the daughter of James, Duke of York, second son of Charles I. and Henrietta Maria, whose history we have related.