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A-Z: General definitions: Charles II
Definition
King of England from 1660 when the monarchy was restored after the English Civil War and Commonwealth period (son of the executed King Charles I).
(1642-51). Series of military conflicts which rose out of religious, political and financial tensions between King Charles I and Parliament, which was increasingly influenced by Puritan sympathies.
1. The period after 1649 when England was ruled as a republic until the restoration of the monarchy in 1660. 2. A voluntary organisation, made up of many of the countries which used to be part of the British Empire.
Charles I (1600-49) succeeded to the English throne in 1625, but after the English Civil War of 1642-46 was deposed by Oliver Cromwell leading an army loyal to Parliament and subsequently executed.
