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Charles
II
Family
Name: Stuart
Nicknames: The Merry Monarch
(because of Merry Old England),
Old Rowley (after favorite horse)
Titles: Duke of Cornwall (1630
inh)
Prince of Wales (c1640 cr)
King of England (1660 - 1685)
King of Scots (1660 – 1685)
Born: May
29, 1630
Parents: second son
of Charles I and Henrietta Marie of France
Death:
February 6, 1685
stroke
When Ruled: arrived
in London to claim the throne on 30th birthday, May 29,
1660
Preceded by: Charles
I
Succeeded
by: James
II
(brother) |
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Married:
Catherine of Braganza
May 20, 1662
Portsmouth, England
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Children:
no legitimate children (had series of mistresses)
Lived: France, Holland,
Germany, Spanish Netherlands, Scotland (king), England (king)
Palaces:
born in St. James' Palace
died at Whitehall
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