Mary II is born male

I know, I'm fond of asking questions about what the impact of altering certain circumstances in the late Stuart period would be. And I apologize for redundancy, if this has been done before. My question is, what would have happened had Mary II of William and Mary fame, had been born male? How would the presence of the son of the Duke of York effect politics during the reign of Charles II? Presumably, this individual would have been raised to be protestant, or am I wrong in assuming that? Would his presence lead to a more successful effort to have James II barred from the succession during the late period of Charles II's reign? Or conversely, would the presence of a male, Protestant, heir apparent have served to ease the tensions that led to James II's overthrow? And what other potential consequences of this circumstance?
 
The pressure to remove James Duke of York from the succession was strongly opposed by Charles II however with a clear adult male protestant heir the campaign to exclude James might be minimised a little.
Shaftesbury and others might be more tolerant to wait in the hope James might predecease Charles leading to a direct protestant succession.

I think it is worth contemplating the likelihood of James pressuring his son to embrace the Catholic faith (given the leanings of Charles that could have been successful at least in private if not in public) - much depends on their relationship i suspect.

Given James II succeeds as per OTL with a healthy adult Prince of Wales (perhaps already married with issue) then I would expect the likelihood of a Monmouth rebellion attracting any strong support to be less likely.
If that is less likely then the harsh reaction (hanging judges and all that) is also less likely.
In turn that might it less likely that James pushes to create a standing army which alienated so many.
However he is still likely to press for a liberalising of the laws forbidding Roman Catholics from public office etc.
Much will depend on the Prince of Wales' reaction to his father's policies.
It may be that many of James' opponents will bear with it in the certain knowledge of the changes not lasting beyond his reign - however it is worth bearing in mind that his son may well find much in accord with some of his father's moves to a more absolutist state in the French model which was the great fear of many in Parliament.
 
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