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  2. Charles II of England - Wikipedia

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    Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) [c] was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France.

  3. Scottish coronation of Charles II - Wikipedia

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    Charles was proclaimed king of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland. [7] As was traditional, the ancestry of Charles back to King Fergus was recited by James Balfour, as the Lyon King of Arms. [8] After the ceremonies in the chapel there was a banquet in the palace. [9] Charles knighted some Perthshire lairds on 2 January, then returned to ...

  4. List of Scottish monarchs - Wikipedia

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    During the reign of Charles II, the Scottish Parliament was dissolved and James was appointed Governor of Scotland. James II himself became James VII in 1685. His Catholicism was not tolerated, and he was driven out of England after three years. In his place came his daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange, the ruler of the Dutch Republic.

  5. Scotland marks coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla - AOL

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    EDINBURGH (Reuters) -Scotland marks the coronation of King Charles and his wife Camilla on Wednesday with a grand procession and a service of thanksgiving, where he will be presented with the ...

  6. Stuart Restoration - Wikipedia

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    Charles was proclaimed King again on 14 May 1660. He was not crowned, having been previously crowned at Scone in 1651. The Restoration "presented an occasion of universal celebration and rejoicing throughout Scotland". [16] Charles II summoned his parliament on 1 January 1661, which began to undo all that been forced on his father Charles I of ...

  7. Restoration (Scotland) - Wikipedia

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    Charles II gave Monck the title Duke of Albemarle in gratitude for his part in the Restoration. [10] Charles was proclaimed king in Edinburgh on 14 May 1660 (for the second time: the first having been more than ten years earlier on 6 February 1649). He was not crowned again in Scotland (having been previously crowned at Scone in 1651).

  8. Inside the Castle of Mey, King Charles's Private Home in Scotland

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    A visitor center opened in 2007, and in 2019, the Castle of Mey Trust was absorbed into Charles's foundation, The Prince's Foundation (now called the King's Foundation). Since 2002, Charles has ...

  9. King Charles Says Queen Elizabeth 'Chose to Spend Her Final ...

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    Related: King Charles and Queen Camilla Attend Church on Second Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s Death Queen Elizabeth died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on ...