The winds of change were howling as William III of Orange, the Dutch Protestant hero, set sail from Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands, marking his second attempt to snatch the crowns of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the grasp of King James II of England. The Protestants, fed up with James' Catholic sympathies, had been secretly conspiring with William, who was married to James' daughter Mary. As William's armada approached the English coast, James' grip on power was already loosening, and the wheels of the Glorious Revolution were in motion.