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The official style of Charles II was "Charles the Second, by the Grace of God, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc." [144] The claim to France was only nominal, and had been asserted by every English monarch since Edward III, regardless of the amount of French territory actually controlled.
Charles Duke of Cornwall 1629: King Charles II 1630–1685 r. 1649–1651 r. 1660–1685 (Scotland) r. 1660–1685 (England) Catherine of Braganza 1638–1705 Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland: William II 1626–1650 Prince of Orange: Mary Princess Royal 1631–1660 Princess of Orange: Anne Hyde 1637–1671 Duchess of York: King James II ...
Queens, a borough of New York City, was supposedly named after Catherine of Braganza since she was queen when Queens County was established in 1683. Queens' naming is consistent with those of Kings County (the borough of Brooklyn, originally named after her husband, King Charles II) and Richmond County (the borough of Staten Island, named after ...
Ealdred, Archbishop of York or Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury [1] William I - article [a] Nov-Dec 1066: Christmas Day, Monday, 25 December 1066: Ealdred, Archbishop of York [b] Matilda of Flanders: Sunday, 11 May 1068 William II [c] 9 September 1087: Sunday, 26 September 1087: Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury Henry I [d] 2 August 1100 ...
The House of York claimed the right to the throne through Edward III's second surviving son, Lionel of Antwerp, but it inherited its name from Edward's fourth surviving son, Edmund of Langley, first Duke of York. The Wars of the Roses (1455–1485) saw the throne pass back and forth between the rival houses of Lancaster and York.
On the day of Charles II death, 6 February 1685, the line of succession to the English and Scottish thrones was: Prince James, Duke of York and Albany (born 1633), second son of Charles I; Mary, Princess of Orange (born 1662), first daughter of the Duke of York and Albany
Memoires of the Life and Death of that Matchless Mirrour of Magnanimity and Heroick Virtues Henrietta Maria De Bourbon Queen to that Blessed King and Martyr, Charles the First; & Mother to that most Magnificent Monarch Charles the Second, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, &c. London. 1671. Munro, Lucy (2019).
Queen Ælfgifu Queen of the English Saint Elgiva d. 944: King Edmund I 921–946 King of the English r. 939–946: Queen Æthelflæd Queen of the English: King Eadred 923–955 King of the English r. 946–955: Eadburh of Winchester d. 960 Daughter of King Edward the Elder: Eadgyth 910–946 Queen of Germany: Otto I 912–973 Holy Roman Emperor ...