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6 days ago · Despite the Protestant marriage, fears of a potential Catholic monarch persisted, intensified by the failure of Charles II and his wife, Catherine of Braganza, to produce any children. A defrocked Anglican clergyman, Titus Oates , spoke of a " Popish Plot " to kill Charles and to put the Duke of York on the throne. [61]
- Charles II
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of...
- Mary II
Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was Queen of...
- William III & II
William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4...
- James, Duke of Cambridge
James Stuart, Duke of Cambridge KG (12 July 1663 – 20 June...
- Henry FitzJames
Life. FitzJames was born in St. James's Square, Westminster,...
- Charles, Duke of Cambridge
King James VI and I (1566–1625) Elizabeth Stuart (1596–1662)...
- Henrietta FitzJames
Henrietta Butler, Viscountess Galmoye, previously Henrietta...
- Charles II
2 days ago · Pic: Wikipedia. Tate Britain is featuring the work of an 18th century Jewish artist in its latest exhibition. “Now you see us, Women artists in Britain 1520-1920′ includes a miniature portrait by Catherine da Costa, lent by Jewish Museum London. Born in London to a Sephardi family, da Costa (née Mendes), 1679-1756, was the first noteworthy ...
4 days ago · Catherine of Braganza, the poor neglected queen of Charles II., invited over to England some members of a sisterhood at Munich, called the Institute of the Blessed Virgin, and these she settled and supported during her husband's life in a house in St. Martin's Lane.
5 days ago · Once the monarchy was finally restored in 1660, Charles made Huddlestone chaplain to his mother, Queen Henrietta Maria, and to his wife, Catherine of Braganza. On his deathbed at Whitehall Palace in 1685, Charles asked for Father Huddlestone, who heard the king’s confession, gave him Holy Communion and finally received him into the Catholic Church.
5 days ago · Jacob Huysmans (c. 1633–1696) was a Flemish portrait painter who, after training in his native Antwerp, immigrated to England before the Restoration. He became a feted court painter and attracted the patronage of the Portuguese born queen Catherine of Braganza, a Catholic like himself, of whom he painted several portraits.
4 days ago · 1621-1697. An English soldier, peer and courtier who fought on both sides in the Civil War. When Charles II married Catherine of Braganza in 1661, he acquired Tangier as part of her dowry and Peterborough was sent there as its Governor.
Returning to the Crown at the Restoration, it was granted by Charles II, for the remainder of the term of ninety-nine years fixed in 1617, to Denzil, Lord Holles, and others in trust for Queen Catherine of Braganza for life and afterwards in trust for the king and his successors.
