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King Charles II

AKA Charles Stuart

Born: 29-May-1630
Birthplace: St. James's Palace, London, England
Died: 6-Feb-1685
Location of death: Whitehall Palace, London, England
Cause of death: Stroke
Remains: Buried, Westminster Abbey, London, England

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Royalty

Nationality: England
Executive summary: King of England 1660-85

Father: King Charles I (d. 1649, executed)
Mother: Henrietta Maria of France
Brother: King James II
Wife: Catherine of Braganza (m. 1662)
Mistress: Lucy Walter (one son)
Son: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (by Lucy)
Mistress: Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine (6 children)
Mistress: Nell Gwynne
Mistress: Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth.
Mistress: Elizabeth Killigrew, Viscountess Shannon
Mistress: Catherine Pegge, Lady Greene
Mistress: Mary Davis
Mistress: Hortense Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin
Mistress: Winifred Wells
Mistress: Jane Roberts
Mistress: Mary Sackville
Mistress: Elizabeth Fitzgerald

    UK Monarch 29-May-1660 to 6-Feb-1685
    Converted to Catholicism on his deathbed
    English Ancestry Paternal
    French Ancestry Maternal


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