deaths
March 31, 1671
Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (born 1637)
Anne Hyde
Anne Hyde was the first wife of James, Duke of York, who later became King James II and VII.
James II of England
James II and VII was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685, until he was deposed in the 1688 Glorious Revolution. The last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland, his reign is now remembered primarily for conflicts over religion. However, it also involved struggles over the principles of absolutism and divine right of kings, with his deposition ending a century of political and civil strife by confirming the primacy of the English Parliament over the Crown.