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Charles II

King of Scotland

Reign: 30 January 1649 – 3 September 1651

Coronation: 1 January 1651

Predecessor: Charles I

Successor Military government led by George Monck

King of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Reign 29 May 1660[2] – 6 February 1685

Coronation 23 April 1661

Predecessor Charles I (de jure)

Council of State (de facto)

Successor James II & VII

Spouse Catherine of Braganza

Issue

Illegitimate:

James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth

Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth

Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland

Charlotte Lee, Countess of Lichfield

Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton

George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland

Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans

Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond

House: House of Stuart

Father: Charles I

Mother: Henrietta Maria of France

Born: 29 May 1630 (N.S.: 8 June 1630)

St. James's Palace, London England

Died: 6 February 1685 (aged 54) (N.S.: 16 February 1685)

Whitehall Palace, London

Burial: Westminster Abbey

Religion: Anglican, converted to Roman Catholicism on his deathbed

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