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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 of Spain [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.
Charles II from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum. In January 1535, Henry VIII offered a betrothal between the 1-year-old Princess Elizabeth and the 12-year-old Charles on the condition that Francis I would persuade Pope Paul to reverse Pope Clement's ruling on his marriage to Anne Boleyn as illegitimate. [9]
The son died in 1666 of convulsions after being baptised Philippe Charles hours before death. The loss of the little Duke of Valois affected Henrietta greatly. [ 23 ] She gave birth to a stillborn daughter in July 1665, [ 24 ] but another daughter was born in 1669 who was baptised Anne Marie in 1670.
Boscobel House, Shropshire. At White Ladies, the King was met by George Pendrell. He contacted his brother Richard who farmed at Hobbal Grange, near Tong.Together, they disguised the King as a farm labourer, "in leather doublet, a pair of green breeches and a jump-coat ... of the same green, ... an old grey greasy hat without a lining [and] a noggen shirt, of the coarsest linen"; [9] and ...
The King was informed of his mother’s death at the wheel of his car after leaving her side in Balmoral to pick mushrooms, a new book has revealed.. Charles pulled over while his most senior aide ...
In King: The Life of Charles III, Christopher Andersen says Charles was "ashen and trembling" when he heard the news of Diana's death. "He let out a cry of pain that was so spontaneous and came ...
In 1954, he married Frances Ruth Roche at Westminster Abbey with Queen Elizabeth and other royals in attendance. Frances and John had five children: Sarah, b. 1955, Jane, b. 1957, John (who died ...