Charles II: 'Britannia.com'
Charles II, second son of Charles I and Henrietta Marie of France, was born in 1630. He spent his teenage years fighting Parliament's Roundhead forces until his father's execution in 1649, when he escaped to France. He drifted to Holland, but returned to Scotland in 1650 amid the Scottish proclamation of his kingship; in 1651, he led a Scottish force of 10,000 into a dismal defeat by Cromwell's forces at Worcester. He escaped, but remained a fugitive for six weeks until he engineered passage to France.
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Charles II: Grant of New England to the Duke of York
Anne, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom these our present letters shall come greeting: Know ye that among the records remaining in our Secretary's Office of our Province of New York, in America, at our fort at New York, We have inspected certain Letters Patents granted unto his late Royal Hiness James, Duke of York, deceased, which followeth in these words.
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Charles II: Second son of King Charles
Charles II, second son of King Charles I was born in 1630 and died in 1885. When his father wasbeheaded in 1649 he was in exile in France, and England became a Commonwealth (that is a republic); with Cromwell as lord protector.
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Charles II: Basic Information
King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1660, when parliament accepted restoration of the monarchy after the collapse of Cronwell's Commonwealth; son of Charles I.
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