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Death of William Gloucester

England · House / House of Stewart. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1700Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1700

William Gloucester Duke of Gloucester30 July 1700

Windsor Castle · House / House of Stewart

Prince William, Anne's only surviving child, dies aged eleven and leaves the Protestant succession uncertain.

William Gloucester Duke of Gloucester30 July 1700

Windsor Castle · House / House of Stewart

Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, Anne's only surviving child, dies aged eleven, creating a Protestant succession crisis.

Names involved

William Gloucester Duke of Gloucester

Provenance

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