Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ya kuma yi yaƙi a yakin Bothwell Bridge
Ka yi haƙuri. An bayyana shi da ɗan'uwansa James a cikin sanarwar masarauta ta 16 ga Yuni, 1679, a cikin shugabannin 'yan tawaye. Ya tsere zuwa Holland, amma a 1685 ya sake kasancewa a Scotland dangane da mamayewar da Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl na Argyll ya jagoranci. Ya sake tserewa, ya dawo a 1688 a matsayin wakili ga William III na Ingila (William na Orange).