Charles II of Scotland

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Charles II of Scotland was the 17th-century Stuart monarch who was restored to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1660 after the English Civil War and Interregnum.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf King of England ⓘ
King of Ireland ⓘ
King of Scotland ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
birthDate 1630-05-29 ⓘ
birthPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

St James's Palace ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster Abbey ⓘ
coronation 1651-01-01 (as King of Scotland at Scone) ⓘ
1661-04-23 (as King of England, Scotland and Ireland at Westminster Abbey) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathDate 1685-02-06 ⓘ
deathPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Whitehall Palace ⓘ
linked to: Palace of Whitehall
father Charles I of England ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
house House of Stuart ⓘ
knownFor Restoration court culture ⓘ
numerous illegitimate children ⓘ
patronage of the arts and sciences ⓘ
memberOf House of Stuart ⓘ
monarchOf Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
mother Henrietta Maria of France ⓘ
notableEvent Great Fire of London ⓘ
Great Plague of London ⓘ
Restoration of the monarchy in 1660 ⓘ
Second Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
Third Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
positionHeld King of England ⓘ
King of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
King of Ireland ⓘ
King of Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Kings of Scotland
predecessor Commonwealth of England ⓘ
regnalName Charles II ⓘ
reignEnd 1685-02-06 ⓘ
reignStart 1660-05-29 ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
Church of England ⓘ
sibling Elizabeth Stuart (daughter of Charles I) ⓘ
linked to: Elizabeth Stuart

Henrietta Anne of England ⓘ
Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester ⓘ
James II of England ⓘ
Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange ⓘ
Princess Anne of Austria (Anne Stuart, daughter of Charles I) ⓘ
spouse Catherine of Braganza ⓘ
successor James II of England ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James VII of Scotland → predecessorAsKingOfScotland → Charles II of Scotland ⓘ
Dukes of Queensberry → monarchAtCreation → Charles II of Scotland ⓘ
Royalist Scottish army → formedToSupport → Charles II as King of Scots ⓘ
linked to: Charles II of Scotland
John Carnegie, 1st Earl of Northesk → monarchWhoGrantedTitle → Charles II of Scotland ⓘ
subject linked to: John
Covenanter rebellions against Charles II → opposedBy → Charles II of Scotland ⓘ
Duke of Buccleuch → associatedWithMonarch → Charles II of Scotland ⓘ
Torwood Excommunication of 1680 → directedAgainst → Charles II of Scotland ⓘ
Patrick Lyon, 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne → monarchDuringCareer → Charles II of Scotland and England ⓘ
linked to: Charles II of Scotland