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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
William III
William III [William III] BrE NAmE (alsoWilliam of Orange BrE NAmE )
(1650–1702) the king of Great Britain and Ireland from 1688 to 1702. He was a Dutch prince, married to Mary, the daughter of ↑James II. They were invited by British ↑Protestants to be the king and queen of Britain in order to prevent the ↑Roman Catholic James II from being king. William became king in the ↑Bloodless Revolution and defeated the forces of James II in Ireland at the ↑Battle of the Boyne. He is remembered by a group of Protestants in Northern Ireland who are opposed to Ireland becoming one republic, and call themselves Orangemen.
See also ↑William and Mary
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