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Charles II of England
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1630-1685)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 29 May 1630
- Died
- 6 February 1685
- Place of birth
- London, St James's Palace
- Place of death
- London, Palace of Whitehall
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Charles
- Family name
- Stuart
- Father
- Charles I of England
- Spouse
- Catherine of Braganza
- Child
- Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield, Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth, Mary Tudor, Countess of Derwentwater, Barbara FitzRoy, Charlotte Jemima FitzRoy, Catherine FitzCharles
- Sibling
- Henrietta of England, Mary Henrietta, Princess Royal, Princess Elizabeth of England, Princess Anne of England, James II of England, Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester
- Occupation
- politician, slave trader, sovereign, art collector, monarch
- Position held
- monarch of England, monarch of Scotland, King of Ireland, Lord High Admiral, Lord High Admiral
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Religion
- Anglicanism, Catholicism
- depicted by
- King Charles II and Colonel William Carlos (Careless) in the Royal Oak, King Charles II, King Charles II (1630-1685), King Charles II (1630-1685) in Garter Robes, Portrait Of Prince Charles
- described by source
- Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary, New International Encyclopedia
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- Royal Society
- name in native language
- Charles II
- nickname
- Old Rowley, the Merry Monarch
- noble title
- Duke of Cornwall, monarch of England, monarch of Scotland, King of Ireland, Duke of Rothesay
- place of burial
- Westminster Abbey
- replaced by
- James II of England
- replaces
- Charles I of England
- significant event
- coronation, Scottish coronation of Charles II
- topic's main category
- Category:Charles II of England
- unmarried partner
- Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Nell Gwyn, Louise de Keroual, Duchess of Portsmouth, Moll Davis, Catherine Pegge, Lucy Walter, Elizabeth Killigrew, Viscountess Shannon, Margaret de Carteret, Hortense Mancini, Winifred Wells, Lady Elizabeth Jones, Frances Stewart, Duchess of Richmond
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