Mary II

Mary II (1662-1694) was queen of England, daughter of the Duke of York (afterwards James II) and Anne Hyde. She was married to her cousin William of Orange in 1677, ascended the English throne along with him on her father's abdication in 1688, and till her death was his much loved, good, and gentle queen. Greenwich Hospital for disabled sailors, which she built, is her memorial.

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