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Also Known As The Merry Monarch
Born May 29, 1630 • London • England
Died February 6, 1685 (aged 54) • London • England
Title / Office king (1660-1685), Scotland • king (1660-1685), England • king (1660-1685), Ireland
Political Affiliation Cavalier
House / Dynasty House of Stuart
Notable Family Members spouse Catherine of Braganza • father Charles I • mother Henrietta Maria • son Charles Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Southampton • son James Scott, duke of Monmouth • son Charles Beauclerk, 1st duke of Saint Albans • son Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond • son Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton • brother James II • brother Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester • sister Henrietta Anne of England • sister Mary of Orange
Role In English Civil Wars • Treaty of Dover

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