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MARY Stuart
Queen of Scotland and England
QUEEN MARY II., daughter of JAMES VII. and II , King of Scotland and England , born 1662. Married, 1677, William, Prince of Orange. They were declared King and Queen of Scotland, England, Ireland, and France 1689. Queen Mary II. died 1694; and her husband, King William III., died in 1702 without issue.
Arms:-King William III. and Queen Mary II. bore: 1 and 4. Scotland. 2. Quarterly; France and England; 3. Ireland. The shield was divided per pale, or down the centre, and these Arms were repeated on both halves. On the dexter half the King placed en surtout his own Arms of Nassau-Blue billetty and a lion rampant, gold (Woodward).. CRESTS: 1. On a red chapeau, turned up ermine a gold lion statant guardant, crowned with a red ducal coronet, and gorged with a collar as the bordure round the Arms.. 2. Out of a gold ducal coronet a stag´s head and neck, affront~proper attired with ten gold tynes. SUPPORTERS: Dexter, A silver unicorn, horned, maned and hoofed gold; Sinister, A silver antelope, horned and hoofrd gold. Each Supporter gorged with a collar as the bordure round the Arms. MOTTOES: "En_la_rose_je_ fleuris," and over the second Crest "Bydand"
