charles ii of england

In OTL, the Spanish Ambassador had proposed a match between the Stuart King, Charles II and Infanta Margaret Theresa (Ironically enough, her grandmother had been suggested as a bride for Charles II's father before Henrietta Maria). King Phillip of Spain rejected the idea, stating he should seek...

In OTL, Catherine of Braganza, Queen Consort of England was said to have miscarried three times at the very least, and the only surviving legitimate children Charles ever had were with his many mistresses. Thus after his death, Charles's younger brother, James Stuart, Duke of York succeeded him...

Catherine reportedly had three miscarriages between 1666 and 1669, so perhaps she has her first child in 1667, and her second in 1669? I don't want to push into being unrealistic, of course, since she obviously struggled to get pregnant and carry to term, but I think it's possible with a bit of...

As the title says, on January 1, 1670, King Charles II of England and Scotland gets a little too carried away during New Year's Eve celebrations, getting so drunk that he mistakes an open window for a door and falls several meters high for a quick death, his brother succeeds him as King James II...

Let's say that Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland is able to overcome his health problems in February 1685 and is alive and well for another decade or more. So instead of problematic James II, England is rules until around 1700 by relatively skilled and pragmatic monarch. But on the...

So, what if Charles I and his wife, Herietta Maria of France, died in 1640? Let's say in this case that she dies from some infection following the birth of Henry, Duke of Gloucester, while Charles dies of some disease (maybe the plague since that was still around and would possibly make talks...

What if Catherine had carried her pregnancies to term and had four daughters? Charles II of England m. Catherine of Braganza Catherine (1662) Henrietta Luisa (1666) Charlotte (1668) Elizabeth (1669) Would the eldest be educated like a prince and treated as an heir? I assume that politically...

The Royal oak was an English oak tree in which the future King Charles II of England hid to escape the Parliamentarians following the Battle Of Worchester in 1651, during the English civil war. Charles, on one occasion when recounting the experience, said that while he was hiding in the tree, a...

I'm far from an expert in the topic, but I've been trying to understand how the English Civil War worked. How could it be avoided? Maybe Charles I wins against the Scotts in 1639 and is therefore not forced to convene the Parliaments. Maybe his support of the Huguenots at the Siege of La...

What if Charles II, legal King of Britain after the execution of his father at the hands of the "roundhead" Parliamentarians in 1649, had not managed to make a daring escape to France across southwestern England in the aftermath of the Battle of Worcester (1651), and instead had been taken...

A portrait of King Charles II “The Great” after his victory in the Third English Civil War. The reign of King Charles II of Britain was one of the most consequential periods in British history since the End of the War of the Roses which brought about the rule of the Tudor Dynasty in England...

How much different History of England would be, if Charles I Stuart , the rightful king of England, after his defeat in English Civil War instead of beign imprisoned and eventually executed for treason, was somehow able to escape to the France like other members of his family? He still had lost...

What if Charles II of England was able to have legitimate children? How would it affect history?

During the rule of Charles II, a crisis broke out when it was discover James, Duke of York (James II and VII), was a Roman Catholic. Parliament tired 3 times to remove him from the line, and put in place Charles's illegitimate – but Protestant – son, the Duke of Monmouth. However, Charles II...

In the Puritan colonies of New England, there had been separatism from the beginning. In Massachusetts Bay, governor Winthrop in his letter to the English lords of trade warned in 1638 that if the King was about to enroach upon their liberties in any way, the people of the colony would doubtless...

How could the proposed much of Mary, daughter of James Duke of York, to Louis, the Grand Dauphin actually occur? Politically what would be required for Louis XIV to actually agree to this match? And what would the ramifications of this match be? Alternatively if Mary marrying the Grand Dauphin...