Talk:James II of England

no "foreign policy" section?

and no mention or even a link to the Anglo-Mughal War? there should at least be a link HammerFilmFan (talk) 09:51, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

See Talk:James II of England/Archive 1#Mughal India. DrKay (talk) 10:09, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

I agree, considering that the Anglo-Mughal War was the first of the major conflicts fought between the British and English in India, and that James II sent heavy ships over in support, there should be some mention of the War and the East India Company's relations with the crown in general. Jtk2023 (talk) 18:01, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Legacy

I don't want to muck up a pretty well-run page but there ought to be a section on things named after the guy. Inter alia, per page 239 in

• McEwen, Alec (July 1988), "The English Place-Names of the Galápagos", The Geographical Journal, vol. 154, London: Royal Geographical Society, pp. 234–242.

he was the namesake of James Island in the Galapagos Archipelago. It's officially Santiago Island now but the English name still shows up a lot and was granted by a pirate named Ambrosia. — LlywelynII 15:03, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

“Scottish Parliament”

Chapter 3.4: “On 11 April 1689, the Parliament of Scotland declared James to have forfeited the throne of Scotland as well.” If this sentence refers to the same event mentioned in the introduction of the article, the declaration was issued by the Convention, not exactly Parliament. Is that correct or was there a separate declaration by Parliament as well?—Oudeístalk 05:52, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 15 February 2024

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. – robertsky (talk) 00:34, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

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James II of England → James VII and II – He was not only the king of England. He was also the king of Scotland and Ireland. James VII and II is both more accurate than the current title and also completely unambiguous, so you can get rid of the territorial designation that only refers to one of his realms, since there was only one James VII and II. The Scottish number should go first for consistency with James VI and I. DieOuTransvaal (talk) 23:25, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose and close per WP:SNOW. Per WP:NCROY, when there are multiple states we use the most commonly associated realm. Векочел (talk) 02:20, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose per WP:COMMONNAME: unlike his grandfather who is commonly known by both numerals due to his long reign over Scotland before the union of the crowns, the majority of reliable sources refer to this James by his English numeral only. Rosbif73 (talk) 08:56, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
• Comment - I can understand why you've nominated this page for renaming. All the monarch bios are extremely inconsistent in how they're named. The "Name # of country" style was disregarded, thus bringing about the inconsistencies. GoodDay (talk) 15:16, 17 February 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose. Very clear WP:COMMONNAME. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:53, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

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