The Stuart or Stewart period of England was a dramatic period in history, while a great deal was contributed to the arts, to innovations in industry, science and the humanities. It was a major age of change, heading from the older Tudor...

Born in 1661, King Charles II of Spain was the last Habsburg ruler of the country. Born into a family whose inbreeding was of epic proportions, he suffered severe deformities that led to him being known as El Hechizado, the bewitched. Charles II became King of Spain at the age…

Charles II - Sir Peter Lely - circa 1670

King Charles II (1630–1685) as a Young Man in Exile, studio of Gerard van Honthorst

Charles II

Known as the ‘Merry Monarch’, the reign of Charles II differed dramatically from what had come before. Following the English Civil War, the execution of - British History, Featured, Long Reads, Restoration Era, Royal History, The Monarchs

Submitted: Charles II of England (1650s, painted by Sir Peter Lely) Look, he just has really nice hair, okay?

As a young man, Charles II had been exiled on the Continent following the defeat and subsequent execution of his father, https://www.rct.uk/collection/people/charles-i-king-of-great-britain-160... target=_blank>Charles I. Although he landed in Scotland in 1650 and was crowned at Scone in 1651, he did not return to England until 1660, which saw the Restoration of the monarchy in Britain.Charles II’s boyhood was spent in England, surrounded by the treasures of his parents superlative art…

Charles II