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2 days ago · Charles was born at St James's Palace on 29 May 1630, eldest surviving son of Charles I, king of England, Scotland and Ireland, and his wife Henrietta Maria, sister of Louis XIII of France. Charles was their second child (the first being a son born about a year before, who had died within a day). [2]
3 days ago · Charles II, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1660–85), who was restored to the throne after years of exile during the Puritan Commonwealth. The years of his reign are known in English history as the Restoration period. He was noted for his political adaptability and for his knowledge of men.
4 days ago · Charles II died on 6 February 1685 from apoplexy, after supposedly converting to Catholicism on his deathbed. [77] Having no legitimate children, he was succeeded by his brother James, who reigned in England and Ireland as James II and in Scotland as James VII.
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4 days ago · Despite fathering many illegitimate children with his mistresses, King Charles II of England had no children with his wife Catherine of Braganza. Charles II is an ancestor through his mistresses of many British aristocrats and of several women who married into the British Royal Family.
4 days ago · This is the family tree for monarchs of England (and Wales after 1282) from Alfred the Great to Elizabeth I of England.The House of Wessex family tree precedes this family tree and the family tree of the British royal family follows it.
May 7, 2024 · Was the Restoration period of English history a tragedy or comedy, or both? The Merry Monarch who took the lead role for this Act, in the performance that was the House of Stuart, still divides opinion 350 years after he was restored to England’s throne. From the drama of regicide to the bedroom farce...
May 2, 2024 · 0. Charles I’s reign ended in a constitutional and military crisis that redefined the monarchy’s role. Image: Charles I (1600 – 1649). Charles II (reigned: 1660-1685) Charles II, son of Charles I, spent many years in exile following the execution of his father.
