charles ii

1660, as London sung the ballad “When the King enjoys his own again” for Charles II, came the long-awaited Restoration of the House of Stuart. After 11 years, England, Scotland,and Ireland once again have a monarch. While the reign of the House of Stuart wouldn't last long beyond the sons of...

Between 1674 and 1692 the then Duke of York and future James II and his wife Mary of Modena had a total of 12 children, of which only James Francis and Louise Maria survived to adulthood, which would happen however if both were luckier and all the children born of this marriage survived? King...

A long-dead ancient thread on this site discusses the prospects for the Commonwealth had Cromwell died during the Conquest of Ireland: Saving the Commonwealth after the death of Oliver Cromwell | alternatehistory.com Henry Ireton, who succeeded Cromwell as commander of the Parliamentary armies...

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...

Was there a possibility in the XVIII century? Please be as precise as yuo can.

The idea of this thread is simple. James II has a slightly stronger backbone and never converts to Catholicism. I know this might be almost ASB, but he was stubborn when he should've been pliant - so let's extend this to his religion as well, he's friendly to Charles II, and Anne Hyde still...

Hi everyone, this is my first attempt at a timeline. I've been lurking around for a bit and I've seen a timeline where Charles II has a son but I haven't seen one for a daughter so I'm interested in how things would go differently. I took a "Tudors and Stuarts" class last semester but as this...

i have a question, mentioned above. How come there was support for Charles II's restoration to the throne? -England was dominated by protestants, and Charles I's atrocities towards protestants were still fresh on most of people's minds. Why propel his own son back to the throne? -i get that it...

Mary II's fertility was ruined by an illness contracted while she was pregnant with her first child in 1679. The child presumably miscarried, and although there were rumors of pregnancies until 1683, her inability to carry a child to term seemed like an inverted joke of her sister's Ceres-like...