And even as the crown descended on her head, Mary knew she had incurred a father's curse. Distraught from being betrayed by his own children, James fled the kingdom. Jealous and resentful of her hated stepmother, Anne had written a series of malicious letters to Mary in Holland, implying that the Queen's pregnancy was a hoax-a Catholic plot to deny Mary her rightful inheritance.
But Mary and Anne also played a key role. Seven prominent men sent an invitation to William of Orange-James's nephew and son-in-law-to intervene in English affairs. James II's drive towards Catholicism had alienated the nation and his two staunchly Protestant daughters by his first marriage, Mary and Anne, the "ungrateful daughters" who eventually usurped their father's crown and stole their half-brother's birthright. Prompted by religious bigotry and the emotion that beset any family relationships, this palace coup changed the face of the monarchy, and signaled the end of a dynasty.In 1688, the birth of a Prince of Wales ignited a family quarrel-and a revolution. Anne did nothing to deserve her father’s forgiveness, declaring her brother an outlaw with a price on his head.Īcclaimed historian Maureen Waller recreated the late Stuart era in a compelling narrative that highlights the influence of three women in one of the most momentous events in English history. The sisters quarreled and were still not speaking to each other when Mary died tragically young. Even as the crown descended on her head, Mary knew she had incurred a father’s curse. Jealous and resentful of her hated stepmother, Anne had written a series of malicious letters to her sister Mary in Holland, implying that the Queen’s pregnancy was a hoax, a Catholic plot to deny Mary her rightful inheritance.īetrayed by those he trusted, distraught at Anne’s defection, James fled the kingdom. But it was the women, Queen Mary Beatrice and her two stepdaughters, Mary and Anne, who played a key role in this drama. Seven prominent men sent an invitation to William of Orange-James’s nephew and son-in-law-to intervene in English affairs.
They are the ‘ungrateful daughters’ who usurped their father’s crown and stole their brother’s birthright. James II’s drive towards Catholicism had alienated the nation and his two staunchly Protestant daughters by his first marriage, Mary and Anne. In 1688, the birth of a Prince of Wales ignited a family quarrel and a revolution.
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