King of Scotland England And Ireland Charles Stuart, II

1630 - 1685  (54 years)

• Name	Charles Stuart  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Title	King of Scotland England And Ireland
  Suffix	II
  Birth	29 May 1630	London, England   [1, 3, 5]
  Christening	27 Jun 1630	London, England   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Feb 1685	London, England   [1]
  Burial	14 Feb 1685	Middlesex, England   [1]
  Person ID	I8123	footsteps | Beaufort, Magana, Bruce, Lady Godiva, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II, Christian I
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay Charles Stuart, I.,   b. 18 Nov 1600, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 30 Jan 1649 (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Queen consort of England, Scotland and Ireland Henrietta Maria De Bourbon,   b. 25 Nov 1609, Île-De-France, France d. 10 Sep 1669, Île-De-France, France (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1 May 1625	Île-De-France, France
  Family ID	F4682	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Queen Of Scotland Mary Davies,   b. 2 Feb 1649, London, England d. 1708, Gloucestershire, England (Age 58 years)
  Children	+ 1. 2nd Countess of Derwentwater Mary Tudor Stuart,   b. 16 Oct 1673, Middlesex, England d. 5 Nov 1726, Île-De-France, France (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F3076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Viscountess Of Shannon Elizabeth Killigrew,   b. 16 May 1622, County Cork, Ireland d. 4 Jan 1680 (Age 57 years)
  Children	+ 1. Lady Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria Fitzroy,   b. 1650, Derbyshire, England d. 28 Jul 1684, Derbyshire, England (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F14465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

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• Notes

  King Charles II ( 1660 - 1685 ) 1658 - Death of Oliver Cromwell. He is succeeded by his son Richard Cro m w e ll 1659 - Richard Cromwell is forced to resign. The Rump Parliament is res t o r ed. 1660 - Charles II returns to England from Holland and is restored to th e t h r one. 1662 - Act of Uniformity compels Puritans to accept the doctrines of th e C h u rch of England or leave the church. 1662 - Royal Society for the improvement of science founded 1664 - England seizes the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam, changing i t s n a me to New York. 1665 - Outbreak of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. 1665 - The Great Plague strikes London and over 60,000 die. 1666 - The Great Fire of London rages for four days and three nights. T w o t h irds of central London is destroyed and 65,000 are left homeless. 1667 - The Earl of Clarendon is replaced by a five-man Cabal. 1667 - Paradise Lost by John Milton published 1667 - A Dutch fleet sails up the River Medway captures the English fla g s h ip The Royal Charles and sinks three other great ships 1670 - Secret Treaty of Dover, by which Charles agrees to declare himse l f a C a tholic and restore Catholicism in England in return for secret s u bsi d ies from Louis XIV of France. 1670 - Hudson Bay Company founded in North America 1671 - Thomas Blood caught stealing the Crown Jewels 1672 - Outbreak of the Third Dutch War. Naval battle of Solebay. 1673 - Test Act keeps Roman Catholics out of political office. 1674 - Death of John Milton 1674 - Peace made with the Dutch 1675 - Royal Observatory founded at Greenwich 1677 - John Bunyan publishes The Pilgrims Progress. 1678 - The Popish Plot is fabricated by Titus Oates. He alleges a Catho l i c p lot to murder the King and restore Catholicism. The Government ove r - r eacts, and many Catholic subjects are persecuted. 1679 - Exclusion Bill attempts to exclude James, Charles’s Catholic bro t h e r, from the succession. 1679 - Habeas Corpus act passed which forbids imprisonment without tria l 1682 - Pennsylvania founded in America by William Penn 1683 - The Rye House Plot a conspiracy to kill Charles and his brother J a m e s and return to parliamentary rule is uncovered. 1685 - Charles is received into the Roman Catholic Church on his deathb e d .

  
  

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