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Monmouth Rebellion

The Monmouth Rebellion of 1685 was led by James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, an illegitimate son of King Charles II of England, who claimed to be rightful heir to the throne and attempted to displace Charles's unpopular successor, the Roman Catholic James II.

Monmouth's forces were defeated at the Battle of Sedgemoor.

The king was overthrown in a coup d'état three years later, in the Glorious Revolution.

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Bloody Assizes | Bridgewater, England | Bridgewater England | Bridgwater | Bridgwater, England | British Military History | George Jeffreys | Glorious Revolution | Judge Jeffreys | Lyme Regis | Military history of Britain | Monmouth | Monmouth, Wales | Prospect of Whitby | Prospect of Whitby (London pub) | Quicksilver (novel)

 

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