On This Day In Royal History . 8 March 1702 . King William III died . . ◼ William died of pneumonia at Kensington Palace, due to a complication from a broken collarbone following a fall from his horse, Sorrel. The horse had been confiscated from Sir John Fenwick, one of the Jacobites who had conspired against William. Because his horse had stumbled into a mole’s burrow, many Jacobites toasted “the little gentleman in the black velvet waistcoat”. William was buried in Westminster Abbey alongside his wife. His sister-in-law, Anne, became queen regnant of England, Scotland & Ireland. . William’s death brought an end to the Dutch House of Orange. . . 👑 William III also widely known as William of Orange, was sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland & Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1672 & King of England, Ireland & Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702. It is a coincidence that his regnal number (III) was the same for both Orange & England. As King of Scotland, he is known as William II. He is sometimes informally known in Northern Ireland & Scotland as “King Billy” . . . #onthisdayinhistory #thisdayinhistory #TheYear1702 #D8Mar #KingWilliamIII #WilliamIII #WilliamIIIofEngland #WilliamofOrange #KingBilly #HouseofOrange #History #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #kensingtonpalace #Royals #Royalty #Orange #DutchRoyals #KingWilliam #Thisday #London #RoyalLondon #Royalhistory #onthisday #otd #kingwilliam #Kingofengland (at Kensington Palace) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9fKDjMHXsT/?igshid=1jq7ta8moo1fd