opes were dashed in June when his second wife, Mary of Medina, gave birth to a son. Approximately three weeks later a letter, from seven major English conspirators, was sent to William that invited him to come to England with an army. This letter offered support but left William's future role in British government in the open.
             William of Orange had no direct claim to the English throne, but he did have a place of succession. He was the son of Mary Stuart, the sister of James, and married to another Mary Stuart, James' daughter. Both William and Mary were steadfast Protestants. William had been the chief opponent of Louis XIV's conquest of Europe, and especially in his homeland, the Dutch Republic. No doubt this opposition to the Catholic French king endeared him to the English.
             In order to achieve the goal of replacing James with William without violence and bloodshed a broad consensus of the British people and Parliament in favor of William was needed. To achieve this a broad and intensive campaign of propaganda was carried out.
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