1692* Queen (William and) Mary II (Heir to King Charles II) Manuscript Letter

Description

100 year old authorized facsimile obviously letter from Queen Mary II, announcing news of the Battle of Steenkerque and the safety of the King (William II) of William and Mary fame.
A second broadcast page is a literal translation of words and spelling at the time,  in the olde englif, and some background history of the people and places.
Letter is dated 29 July, 1692.
Each of the two broadside sheets measure 17 x 10″, and are blank on verso
They ship in sturdy mailing tube, without any folding.
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Mary II
(30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was
Queen of England
,
Scotland
, and
Ireland
, co-reigning with her husband,
William III & II
, from 1689 until her death in 1694.
Mary was the eldest daughter of
James, Duke of York
, and his first wife
Anne Hyde
. Mary and her sister
Anne
were raised as
Anglicans
at the behest of their uncle,
King Charles II
, although their parents both
converted to Roman Catholicism
. Charles lacked legitimate children, making Mary second in the
line of succession
. She
married her first cousin
, William of Orange, a
Protestant
, in 1677. Charles died in 1685 and James took the throne, making Mary
heir presumptive
. James’s attempts at
rule by decree
and the birth of his son from a second marriage,
James Francis Edward
(later known as “the Old Pretender”), led to his deposition in the
Glorious Revolution
of 1688 and the adoption of the
English Bill of Rights
.
William and Mary became king and
queen regnant
. Mary mostly deferred to her husband – a renowned military leader and principal opponent of
Louis XIV
– when he was in England. She did, however, act alone when William was
engaged in military campaigns abroad, proving herself to be a powerful,
firm, and effective ruler. Mary’s death from
smallpox
at the age of 32 left William as sole ruler until his death in 1702, when he was succeeded by Mary’s sister, Anne.