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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 February 2025. Scottish king from 1040 to 1057 This article is about the historical Scottish king. For for the play by William Shakespeare, see Macbeth. For for the main character of that play, see Macbeth (character). Macbeth The name Mac Beathad Mac Fhindlaích in the Annals of Ulster King of Alba ...
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.
Pages in category "Mistresses of Charles II of England" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Eleanor Gwyn (2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687; also spelled Gwynn, Gwynne) was an English stage actress and celebrity figure of the Restoration period. Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances as one of the first actresses on the English stage, she became best known for being a longtime mistress of King Charles II of England (c. April 1668 – 6 February 1685).
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Henry II had several long-term mistresses and some illegitimate children with them but his most prominent ones, Geoffrey (later Archbishop of York) and William (later Earl of Salisbury). [26] [27] His mistresses included: Rosamund Clifford (before 1150 – c. 1176) [26] Ida de Tosny was a royal ward and mistress of Henry II; Annabel de Balliol
Samir Hussein/WireImage; Gareth Cattermole/TAS24/Getty Images King Charles III privately hosted the families of the three young girls who died at a Taylor Swift-themed dance at his residence.
No other version of the story has Macbeth kill the king in Macbeth's own castle. Scholars have seen this change of Shakespeare's as adding to the darkness of Macbeth's crime as the worst violation of hospitality. Versions of the story that were common at the time had Duncan being killed in an ambush at Inverness, not in a castle. Shakespeare ...