 Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - William ndiye aiva mwana mumwe chete waWilliam II, Muchinda weOrange, naMary, Princess Royal uye Princess weOrange, mwanasikana waCharles I weEngland, Scotland, neIreland. Baba vake vakafa vhiki asati azvarwa, zvichiita kuti William III ave Muchinda weOrange kubva pakuberekwa. Muna 1677, akaroora Mary, mwanasikana mukuru waamai vake James, Duke weYork, munununa waCharles II weEngland, Scotland, neIreland. William wechiPurotesitendi akabatanidzwa muhondo dzinoverengeka mukurwisana nomutongi ane simba wechiKaturike weFrance Louis XIV mubatanidzwa wamasimba ose ari maviri ePurotesitendi neKaturike muEurope. VaPurotesitendi vakawanda vakatanga kurumbidza William semudziviriri wokutenda kwavo. Muna 1685, sekuru vake vaiva muKaturike uye baba vomudzimai wake, James, vakava mambo weEngland, Scotland, neIreland. Utongi hwaJames hwakanga husingafarirwi nevaPurotesitendi vakawanda muBritain, avo vaitya kumutsidzirwa kwechiKaturike. Achitsigirwa neboka revatungamiriri vane simba vezvematongerwe enyika uye vezvitendero vokuBritain, William akapinda muEngland mune zvakazivikanwa seGlorious Revolution. Muna 1688, akasvika pachiteshi chengarava chokumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweEngland cheBrixham. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, James akabviswa pachigaro. 