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Mary II of England

St James's Palace, 1662 – Kensington Palace, 1694

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  • Born1662, St James's PalaceRecords disagree1 source
  • Titlequeen regnantor Monarch of Scotland, 1689–1694 · Monarch of England, 1689–1694 · King of Ireland, 1689–1694not verified1 source
  • TitleKing of Ireland, 1689–1694or Monarch of Scotland, 1689–1694 · Monarch of England, 1689–1694 · queen regnantnot verified1 source
  • TitleMonarch of Scotland, 1689–1694or Monarch of England, 1689–1694 · King of Ireland, 1689–1694 · queen regnantnot verified1 source
  • TitleMonarch of England, 1689–1694or Monarch of Scotland, 1689–1694 · King of Ireland, 1689–1694 · queen regnantnot verified1 source
  • EventCoronation, 1689not verified1 source
  • Died1694, Kensington Palaceor 7 Jan 1695Records disagree1 source
  • FatherJames II of Englandnot verified1 source
  • MotherAnne, Duchess of Yorknot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 1662

    Born in St James's Palace

  2. 1678–1680

    2 children are born

  3. 1689

    Coronation

  4. 1689–1694

    King of Ireland

  5. 1689–1694

    Monarch of Scotland

  6. 1689–1694

    Monarch of England

  7. 1694

    Dies in Kensington Palace

Family

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Children · 2

During her lifetime

She lived through 4 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around St James's Palace.

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The 1660s · Mary II is born in St James's Palace

What people wore

Around 1625–1649

Identical left and right shoes

Women's shoes had no distinction between left and right feet at this time. Both were identical.

Daily life

Around 1625–1649

Candles and open fires lit homes

Lighting and cooking relied heavily on fire: people used candles for light and open fires for cooking. Many houses were built close together and often of wood, increasing the risk of fire.

Work

Around 1625–1649

Equal Pay for Identical Tasks

While men typically earned more, women and men could sometimes receive the same daily wage for performing identical agricultural tasks.

Music

Around 1640–1649

Music and Dance at Festivals

Festivals and local celebrations frequently featured dancing and singing accompanied by instruments like pipes and fiddles.

At the table

Around 1625–1649

Ordinary diets centered on pottage

For poorer people, pottage (a thick vegetable stew) was a main food, alongside bread and vegetables. This diet left many lacking vitamins and iron, and hard times meant hunger when prices rose.

Getting around

Around 1625–1649

Transport via packhorses

Travelers often used packhorses to transport goods, and humble passengers sometimes rode on packsaddles between baskets.

What it cost

Around 1600–1624

Daily wages for English laborers

In the early seventeenth century, unskilled labourers typically earned fourpence to fivepence per day, while skilled labourers earned sixpence to eightpence.