Charles II killed at Worchester

What if Charles II was killed at the Battle of Worchester instead of escaping the Parliamentary Army.

If so, how could this effect British history, especially in the period before & after Cromwell's death in 1658?

Would the House of Stuart still be restored albeit under a different son of Charles I?

Or could the Commonwealth stumble along for some considerable time under different Lord Protectors?

Anything else?
 
It would certainly be interesting with James, Duke of York being the number one heir

Though I don't know enough to comment more...

There's still a third brother around at this time, isn#t there ?

Best Regards
Grey Wolf
 
so James gets to be king for 28 years instead of the 3 of OTL,
Course that three was enuff to lead to the Glourious rebellion in 1688.:rolleyes:

So in 1663 three years after the restoration, whe have a Second English Civil War.:D
 

Thande

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If James was already seen as a French puppet in the 1660s, then we might have no Restoration at all, or elevation of someone else (Cromwell?) to monarch.
 
It would certainly be interesting with James, Duke of York being the number one heir

Though I don't know enough to comment more...

There's still a third brother around at this time, isn#t there ?

Best Regards
Grey Wolf

The third brother was named Henry, and he was a staunch Protestant. He didn't die until after the restoration, so he would have been alive circa 1660, when his older brother Charles II was restored.

I think that if Charles II had died, then the Parliament would have been willing to reach over James to Henry. James was an ultra-Catholic and a strong believer in Absolutism.

If King Henry XI can live longer than OTL, then English history is going to be rather different. I think that this incarnation of the Stuarts may have some legs to it. An interesting question if Henry Stuart is made King is what does his brother James do? He was offered a position as an admiral in the Spanish Navy, and may take it if his younger brother is made king, since I don't think that he would accompany him to England.
 
Remember that James (to the best of my memory) didn't become a Catholic until the late 1660s, and wasn't openly so until the Test Act of 1673 was passed. Therefore, there shouldn't really be any issues with regards to religion if the Restoration goes as OTL, as James is safely Protestant and the public willing to have have the Stuarts 'come into their own' again.
 
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