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	Charles II
		Charles had an affair with Lucy Walter (who, some alleged, secretly married him); their son, James Scott (afterwards Duke of Monmouth and Duke of Buccleuch), was the only one of Charles II's children who would later play a significant part in politics.
		Charles I was captured by the rebels in 1647, escaped, and was recaptured in 1648.
		Charles II was restored as King of England in 1660.The Convention Parliament was dissolved in December 1660.
	www.dymock.org /Charles_II.htm (2660 words)

	2.7 The Anglo-Dutch Wars
		Prince William of Orange, a close relation of Charles II was not allowed to become the ruler of Holland by the Dutch.
		The Foreign policy of Charles II of England was not impressive.
		Charles II however was compelled to renounce the friendship and alliance with the France in 1674.
	www.pinkmonkey.com /studyguides/subjects/euro_his/chap2/e0202701.htm (607 words)

	Charles II of England -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Charles set out for England, arriving in (The capital of the state of Delaware) Dover on 23 May 1660 and reaching London on 29 May (which is considered the date of the (The act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state) Restoration, and was Charles' thirtieth birthday).
		Charles' wife Queen Catherine was unable to produce an heir, her pregnancies instead ending in (Failure of a plan) miscarriages and (A natural loss of the products of conception) stillbirths.
		Charles II's eldest son, the (Click link for more info and facts about Duke of Monmouth) Duke of Monmouth, led a rebellion against James II, but was defeated at the (Click link for more info and facts about battle of Sedgemoor) battle of Sedgemoor on 6 July 1685, captured, and executed.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/charles_ii_of_england1.htm (3544 words)

	Encyclopedia: Charles II of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Charles II (29 May 1630â“6 February 1685) was the King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland from 30 January 1649 (retrospectively de jure) or 29 May 1660 (de facto) until his death.
		Charles II of England The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years.
		Charles' relationships, as well as the politics of his time, are depicted in the historical drama Charles II: The Power and The Passion (produced in 2003 by the British Broadcasting Corporation).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Charles-II-of-England (11118 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		Charles II, second son of Charles I and Henrietta Marie of France, was born in 1630.
		The Whigs used Catholicism to undermine Charles; England was in the throes of yet another wave of anti-Catholicism, with the Whigs employing this paranoia in an attempt to unseat the heir apparent, Charles' Catholic brother James, from succeeding to the throne.
		Charles' tolerance was astounding considering the situation of England at the time of his ascension, but was necessary for his reign to stand a chance at success.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon49.html (826 words)

	Charles II (Holy Roman Empire) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Charles II (Holy Roman Empire), called The Bald (823-877), Holy Roman emperor (875-877), and, as Charles I, king of France, born in Frankfurt am...
		France : warfare : wars with the Holy Roman Empire, Charles V: Henry II (of France)
		Henry II (of France) (1519-1559), king of France (1547-1559), second son of King Francis I, born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
	encarta.msn.com /Charles_II_(Holy_Roman_Empire).html (208 words)

	ipedia.com: Charles II of England Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Charles II, Charles Stuart (May 29, 1630 - February 6, 1685) was King of England, Scotland and Ireland (proclaimed by monarchists January 30, 1649; assumed throne at the restoration May 29, 1660 - February 6, 1685).
		Charles was the eldest son of King Charles I of England and Queen Henrietta Maria, born at St James's Palace on May 29 1630.
		Charles died of a stroke at the Palace of Whitehall.
	www.ipedia.com /charles_ii_of_england.html (1538 words)

	T.B. Macaulay - History of England, Vol. I, Ch. II (part 3)
		Charles did not think himself a King while an assembly of subjects could call for his accounts before paying his debts, and could insist on knowing which of his mistresses or boon companions had intercepted the money destined for the equipping and manning of the fleet.
		Charles must descend to the rank of a great vassal, and must make peace and war according to the directions of the government which protected him.
		Charles, though incapable of love in the highest sense of the word, was the slave of any woman whose person excited his desires, and whose airs and prattle amused his leisure.
	www.strecorsoc.org /macaulay/m02c.html (6717 words)

	Rea Genealogy - pafn78 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Charles Martel (circa 688-741), Carolingian ruler of the Frankish kingdom of Austrasia (in present northeastern France and southwestern Germany).
		Charles, whose surname means "the hammer," was the son of Pepin of Heristal and the grandfather of Charlemagne.
		Charles drove the Muslims out of the Rhône valley in 739, when they had again advanced into France as far as Lyon, leaving them nothing of their possessions north of the Pyrenees beyond the Aude River.
	members.tripod.com /~GaryR45/pafn78.htm (920 words)

	History of the Monarchy > The Stuarts > Charles II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Although those who had signed Charles I's death warrant were punished (nine regicides were put to death, and Cromwell's body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey and buried in a common pit), Charles II pursued a policy of political tolerance and power-sharing.
		Charles also encouraged a rebuilding programme, particularly in the last years of his reign, which included extensive rebuilding at Windsor Castle, a huge but uncompleted new palace at Winchester and the Greenwich Observatory.
		Charles was a patron of Christopher Wren in the design and rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral, Chelsea Hospital (a refuge for old war veterans) and other London buildings.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page92.asp (937 words)

	All Abbey Ancestors - pafg31 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Charles of Lorraine Duke of Lower Lorraine [Parents] was born 953 in Laon, France.
		Charles Ii, King of France [Parents] was born Jun 13 823 in Frankfort on Main, Germany.
		Hugh II of Dagsbourg was born WFT Est.
	www.soft-light.com /abbeyall/pafg31.htm (282 words)

	Charles IX (of France) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Charles IX (of France) (1550-1574), king of France (1560-1574), born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
		Catherine de Médicis: as regent of France for Charles IX
		Kings ruled France for more than 1,000 years from the time Pepin III and his son Charlemagne built the kingdom that included what is now modern...
	encarta.msn.com /Charles_IX_(of_France).html (252 words)

	Famous Scots - Charles II
		Charles II was born at St James's Palace in London on 29 May, 1630.
		Charles was determined never to "go in his travels" again and initially had to accept the supremacy of Parliament.
		Charles publicly advocated religious tolerance and an avoidance of persecution of the Puritans.
	www.rampantscotland.com /famous/blfamcharles2.htm (761 words)

	King Charles II
		Charles was placed in charge of the west of England and took part in the Battle of Edgehill in 1642.
		Charles agreed that if he was made king he would pardon all members of the parliamentary army and would continue with the Commonwealth's policy of religious toleration.
		In 1662 Charles married Catherine of Braganza, the daughter of the King of Portugal.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /STUcharles2.htm (1764 words)

	FRANCIA
		Charles IV The Capetians are usually reckoned to begin with Hugh Capet, but his family (the house of Paris or "Robertians," after Robert the Strong) had been nudging the Carolingians for some time, and his uncle (by marriage), grandfather, and great uncle had already been Kings of France.
		Later France would take most of the 18th century to acquire Alsace and Lorraine, but most of the Imperial Kingdom of Burgundy would be acquired by the reign of Henry IV (numbers in blue are the dates of acquisition by France).
		Henry of Guise was of the house of Anjou and Lorraine, descendants of King John II of France.
	www.friesian.com /francia.htm (14110 words)

	Charles II of England - History Notes - Emerson Kent.com
		They executed Charles I, Charles II fled to France in 1651, and the Commonwealth was established.
		Thus, it was arranged for Charles II to be restored.
		Charles II was a Protestant but converted to Catholicism on his deathbed.
	www.emersonkent.com /history_notes/charles_II_of_england.htm (249 words)

	Timeline France to 1649
		The giraffe was procured from Sultan Qaitbay, the Ottoman ruler of Egypt.
		1559 Henry II of France was struck in the head by a tournament lance and died.
		France’s fourth war of religion started with the Massacre of St. Bartholomew’s Day, in which 50,000 Huguenots and their leader, Admiral Gaspard de Chastillon, Count the Coligny, were killed in and around Paris.
	timelines.ws /countries/FRANCE00_1649.HTML (13805 words)

	Charles the Fat : Charles II of France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Charles II of France and Charles III of the Holy Roman Empire, also known as Charles le Gros.
		In 884, upon the demise of the King of the West Franks (France), he achieved that throne as well, thus reviving, if only briefly, the entire Carolingian Empire, aside from Burgundy.
		Florence would sometimes curtain as if she were frightened, or would hurry from the window.
	www.explainthis.info /ch/charles-ii-of-france.html (311 words)

	Pepys' Diary: Stuart, Charles (II, King)
		Charles II was born on May 29th 1630 at Saint James’s palace in London.He was the first surviving child of Charles I and his French Queen Henrietta Maria.
		After the execution of the king the jprince was declared Charles II by all royalists and he was determined to recover his birthright.
		He’s Diana Spencer’s 8th Great-Grandfather (and therefore William and Harry’s 9th Great-Grandfather) and Charles II is Sarah Ferguson’s 10th Great-Grandfather (and therefore Beatrice and Eugine’s 11th Great-Grandfather).
	www.pepysdiary.com /p/344.php (1642 words)

	Charles III on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		or Charles the Fat, 839-88, emperor of the West (881-87), king of the East Franks (882-87), and king of the West Franks (884-87); son of Louis the German, at whose death he inherited Swabia (876).
		After the death of the heirs of Charles II in France, he became (884) West Frankish king, thus reuniting briefly the empire of Charlemagne.
		A weak ruler, he was unable to protect his lands from invasion and in 886, when he went to relieve Paris, which was besieged by the Norsemen, he ransomed the city instead of fighting and allowed the invaders to ravage Burgundy.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/Charles3W1st.asp (544 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Two.
		of France was peculiarly unhappy, and after reigning less than two years, sickened and died; Napoleon II.
		of France, being conquered at Poitiers, was brought captive to England by the Black Prince; Juan II.
		of Scotland was shot by a cannon at the siege of Roxburgh; James II.
	www.bartleby.com /81/16884.html (352 words)

	Ostler Family History - aqwg25 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Charles BROWNE was born 1620 and died 16 Dec 1687.
		Charles II King Of FRANCE [Karl The Bold] [Parents] was born 15 Jul 823 in Frankfurt, H-Nss, Prussia.
		King Robert OF WEST FRANCE I [Parents] was born 860/866 in,,, France.
	genealogy.homeip.net /ostler/aqwg25.htm (578 words)

	Charles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Charles I of France (Charles II, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles the Bald)
		Saint Charles Borromeo, saint and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, archbishop of Milano
		Charles W. Penrose (1832–1925), a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Charles.htm (230 words)

	Charles V, King of France
		Charles V commissioned his chef Taillevent to write a cookery book.
		Charles V died as a result of eating a member of the amanita family of deadly mushrooms.
		Forks were mentioned in a 1379 inventory of the French king, Charles V. Home.
	www.foodreference.com /html/wcharlesvfrance.html (173 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Two. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		of France was peculiarly unhappy, and after reigning less than two years, sickened and died; Napoleon II.
		of France, being conquered at Poitiers, was brought captive to England by the Black Prince; Juan II.
		of Scotland was shot by a cannon at the siege of Roxburgh; James II.
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/81/16884.html (352 words)

	World War II [encyclopedia]
		World War II is the most extensive and costly war in the history of the world, involving most of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theaters, and costing approximately 50 million lives.
		That the RAF had not been depleted by a costly reinforcement of France was largely due to Hugh Dowding, the commander-in-chief of Fighter Command, who had insisted on the retention of his force at home.
		World War II is the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theaters, and costing approximately 50 million lives.
	artzia.com /History/Wars/WWII (2530 words)

	Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Upon the death of his nephew, Lothar II on 8 August 869, Charles sped to Lotharingia and had himself crowned King of Lotharingia annointed on 9 September in the cathedral at Metz by Bishop Adventius of Metz and Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims.
		As soon as Louis II died on 12 August 875, Charles rushed to Italy and received the imperial crown and is annointed by Pope John VIII on 25 December 875.
		Married on 25 Nov 869 in Aix-la-Chapelle, France: Richilde de Bourgogne, daughter of Beuve=Bouin, Comte de Bourgogne and Richilde d'Arles; The honeymoon is short-lived, as Louis le Germanique demands, as part of his heritage from the death of his nephew Lothar II, a part of Lorraine.
	xpda.com /family/fam00149.htm (1526 words)

	Ancestors of Holy Roman Emperor Charles II FRANCE
		Charles was the youngest son of Louis I, the Emperor of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire whose territories included France.
		Charles married Ermentrude DE ORLEANS, daughter of Count Of Orleans Eudes DE ORLEANS and Countess Of Orleans Engeltrude DE PARIS.
		Charles next married Richeut DE METZ, daughter of Count Of Metz Budwine De Vienne DE METZ and Richilde D'arles DE BOURGOGNE, on 22 Nov 870 in Aix-La-Chapelle, Paris, France.
	www.whosyomama.com /gabroaddrick3/7416.htm (389 words)

	Notes for Charles, II, King of France
		Charles II (Holy Roman Empire), called The Bald (823-877), Holy Roman emperor (875-877), and, as Charles I, king of France, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
		Charles received the western portion of the empire, which from this time may be called the kingdom of France, or the West Frankish Kingdom.
		Charles was succeeded as king of France by his son, Louis II, but the imperial throne was vacant until 881."Charles II (Holy Roman Empire)," Microsoft (R) Encarta.
	www.penjaccphoto.com /penleyged/nti03973.htm (293 words)

	thePeerage.com - Carloman König von Bayern and others
		He was the son of Louis II 'the German', King of the East Franks and Emma von Bayern.
		She married Charles I, Roi de France, son of Louis I, Roi de France and Judith von Bayern, in 842.
		Charles, Roi d'Aquitaine was the son of Charles I, Roi de France and Ermentrude d'Orléans.
	www.thepeerage.com /p10322.htm (781 words)

	Henry II, King of France - Olga's Gallery
		Henry II (de Valois) of France (1519-1559), King of France from 1547, the second son of Francis I.
		In 1533, as Duke of Orléans, he married 14-year-old Catherine de’Medici, by whom he had seven surviving children, three of whom became kings of France (Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III).
		He died of accidental wounds received in a tournament, and was succeeded by his elder son, Francis II, who was married to Mary Queen of Scots.
	www.abcgallery.com /bio/henry2.html (136 words)

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