Charles II James STUART, DUKE OF CORNWALL KING OF ENGLAND HRH
Birth:
29 May 1630
Saint James's, Palace, England
Death:
6 Feb 1684/85
Whitehall, England
Burial:
Abt Feb 1684/85
Westminster, Abbey, London, England
Notes:
Declared King of England, Scotland, Ireland and France and proclaimedDefender of the Faith. He was in exile until the Restoration, being proclaimedKing in Westminster Hall on 08 MAY 1660. He returned to London, 29 MAY 1660and was crowned 23 APR 1661. Reportedly had fifteen children by fivemistresses. From him descend (in the male line) the present (1996) Dukes of Buccleuchand Queensberry, Grafton, Saint Albans, Richmond and Lennox. Reigned1660-1685. He is the Great-great-great-great-grandfather of George Washington ParkeCustis. Sources include but are not limited to; Genealogies of Virginia Families, from the William & Mary Quarterly,Volume 2, pages 621-622 and 624.
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Charles II James Stuart, Duke of Cornwall King of England Hrh - Eleonore (Nell) Gwyne
Charles II James Stuart, Duke of Cornwall King of England Hrh
was born at Saint James's, Palace, England 29 May 1630.
His parents were Charles I Stuart, King of Scotland and England Hrh and Henrietta Maria Princess of France Bourdon, Hrh.
He married Eleonore (Nell) Gwyne . Eleonore (Nell) Gwyne was born at 2 Feb 1647/48 .
Charles II James Stuart, Duke of Cornwall King of England Hrh died 6 Feb 1684/85 at Whitehall, England .
Eleonore (Nell) Gwyne died 14 Nov 1687 .