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OF
THE COURT OF ENGLAND
FROM THE
REVOLUTION IN 1688
TO THE
DEATH OF GEORGE THE SECOND.
BY JOHN HENEAGE JESSE.
AUTHOR OF
"MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND DURING THE REIGN OF THE STUARTS."
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET, Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
1843.
CONTENTS
OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
KING WILLIAM III.
Preliminary remarks.
Netherlands in 1579..
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CHAPTER I.
League of Utrecht formed by the
Character and constitution of that
League. William of Nassau, first Prince of Orange, appointed
its head by the title of Stadtholder. His character. - His
assassination in 1584. His son, Prince Maurice, succeeds
to the office of Stadtholder, and is successful against the
Spaniards. His death. Succeeded by his younger brother,
Henry Frederick. - Acknowledgment by Spain of the indepen-
dence of the United Provinces. - Character of William the
Second, fourth Stadtholder.— - Abolition of that office.-Prince
William Henry, son of William the Second, afterwards William
the Third of England, born in 1650. Nephew to Kings
Charles the Second and James the Second. His early
studies.-
Sir William Temple's favourable opinion of his
capacity. Visits England in his twentieth year, and is en-
tertained by the University of Oxford. Probable motives
of his visit. Entertaining anecdote. Charles the Second's
distrust of William, and the latter's politic conduct while in
England.League between France and England against the
States of Holland.
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