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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.
Charles II [a] (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700) [b] was King of Spain from 1665 to 1700. The last monarch from the House of Habsburg, which had ruled Spain since 1516, he died without children, leading to a European conflict over his successor. For reasons still debated, Charles experienced lengthy periods of ill health throughout his life.
All in all, the cuts made by A&E distort the picture of Charles II's personality and political maneuvers whereas the version shown in Britain displays much more fully Charles II's "shifty insincerity" (as Will and Ariel Durant put in it The Age of Louis XIV) and his willingness to sacrifice loyal servants at need. Indeed, the cuts seem to have ...
Justin II (c. 520 –578 ... Charles VI of France (1368 ... Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859–1941, ruled 1888–1918) is believed to have had histrionic personality ...
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 long-time mistress of King Charles II of England (c. April 1668 – 6 February 1685).
The Times went on to report that Charles's courtiers assumed he would want privacy as he began treatment, so they planned for inconspicuous cars with blacked-out windows to drive him around London ...
The King acceded to the throne two years ago, immediately upon the death of the late Queen. Here are the minute-by-minute developments of the historic day, which marked the end of Elizabeth II’s ...
Queen Elizabeth II walks with her son and heir, Prince Charles. in Balmoral, Scotland, in October 2021. (Andrew Milligan/Associated Press) It’s good to be queen.