----- When Charles II died in 1685| he was succeeded by his brother| James II. James II was a Catholic and hoped to be able to rule without giving up his personal religious views. But English in 1688 could not tolerate a Catholic as King. The English politicians appealed to a Protestant king| William of Orange| James’ Dutch nephew and the husband of Mary| James’ daughter| to invade and take the English throne. William landed in November 1688. On their acceptance of the Bill of Rights (1689)| William and Mary were crowned jointly in Westminster Abbey. Thus the age of constitutional monarchy| of a monarchy with powers limited by Parliament| began.