King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
This is not a duplicate and represents the burial site of King James II's brain at this site. During the French Revolution it became lost and its present whereabouts are unknown. Most of the monument built for the brain survives, although the urn in which it was housed is missing, as well as some decorative elements.
A portion of King James II's remains are interred at the Eglise Paroissiale in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
This is not a duplicate and represents the burial site of King James II's brain at this site. During the French Revolution it became lost and its present whereabouts are unknown. Most of the monument built for the brain survives, although the urn in which it was housed is missing, as well as some decorative elements.
A portion of King James II's remains are interred at the Eglise Paroissiale in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Inscription
D. O. M.
MEMORIÆ
AVGVSTISSIMI PRINCIPIS
IACOBI IIDI MAGNÆ BRITANNIÆ &C. REGIS.
ILLE PARTIS TERRA AC MARI TRIVMPHIS CLARVS, SED CONSTANTI IN DEVM FIDE CLARIOR, HVIC REGNA, OPES ET OMNIA VITÆ FLORENTIS COMMODA POSTPOSVIT, PER SVMMVM SCELVS A SVA SEDE PVLSVS, ABSALONIS IMPIETATEM, ACHITOPHILIS PERFIDIAM ET ACERBA SEMEI CONVITIA INVICTA LENITATE ET PATIENTIA, IPSIS ETIAM INIMICIS AMICVS, SVPERAVIT. REBVS HVMANIS MAIOR, ADVERSIS SVPERIOR, ET CÆLESTIS GLORIÆ STVDIO INFLAMMATVS, QVOD REGNO CARVERIT SIBI VISVS BEATIOR, MISERAM HANC VITAM FELICI, REGNVM TERRESTRE CÆLESTI COMMVTAVIT. HÆC DOMVS, QVAM PIVS PRINCEPS LABANTEM SVSTINVIT ET PATRIE FOVIT, CVI ETIAM INGENII SVI MONIMENTA OMNIA SCILICET SVA MANVSCRIPTA CVSTODIENDA COMMISIT, EAM CORPORIS IPSIVS PARTEM QVA MAXIME ANIMVS VIGET, RELIGIOSE SERVANDAM SVSCEPIT.
VIXIT ANIS LXVIII. RENAVIT XVI. OBIIT XVII
KAL. OCTOB. AN. SAL. HVM. MDCCI.
IACOBVS DVX DE PERTH PRÆFECTVS INSTITVITIONI
IACOBI III. MAGNÆ BRITANNIÆ &C. REGIS
MOERENS POSVIT.
Gravesite Details
Burial site for brain only.
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