Charles II of England

Charles II (29 May 1630–6 February 1685) was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 30 January 1649 (retrospectively de jure) or 29 May 1660 (de facto) until his death. His father Charles I had been executed in 1649 following the English Civil War; the monarchy was then abolished and the country became a Republic under Oliver Cromwell, the "Lord Protector". In 1660, shortly after Cromwell's death, the monarchy was restored under Charles II.

The children of Charles II

Charles left no legitimate heirs but fathered an unknown number of illegitimate children. He acknowledged fourteen children to be his own, including Barbara Fitzroy, who almost certainly wasn't his child.

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• By Marguerite or Margaret de Carteret
• Some accounts say that that she bore Charles a son named James de la Cloche in 1646. James de Carteret/de la Cloche is believed to have died sometime around the year 1667.
• By Lucy Walter (1630 - 1658)
• James Crofts "Scott" (1649 - 1685), created Duke of Monmouth (1663) in England and Duke of Buccleuch (1663) in Scotland
• Mary Crofts. (c. 1651) Not acknowledged. She married a William Sarsfield and later a William Fanshaw and became a faith healer operating in Covent Garden.
• By Elizabeth Killigrew (1622 - 1680)
• Charlotte Jemima Henrietta Maria Boyle, "Fitzcharles" (1650 - 1684)
• By Catherine Pegge, Lady Green
• Charles Fitzcharles (1657 - 1680), known as "Don Carlos", created Earl of Plymouth (1675)
• Catherine Fitzcharles (born 1658, died young)
• By Barbara Palmer (1640 - 1709) (née Villiers), Countess of Castlemaine and Duchess of Cleveland
• Anne Palmer (Fitzroy) (1661 - 1722)
• Charles Fitzroy (1662 - 1730) created Duke of Southampton (1675), became 2nd Duke of Cleveland (1709)
• Henry Fitzroy (1663 - 1690), created Earl of Euston (1672), Duke of Grafton (1709)
• Charlotte Fitzroy (1664 - 1718), Countess of Lichfield
• George Fitzroy (1665 - 1716), created Earl of Northumberland (1674), Duke of Northumberland (1683)
• Barbara (Benedicta) Fitzroy (1672 - 1737) - She was acknowledged as Charles' daughter, but was probably the child of John Churchill, later Duke of Marlborough
• By Eleanor "Nell" Gwynne (c.1642 - 1687)
• Charles Beauclerk (1670 - 1726), created Duke of St Albans
• James Beauclerk (1671 - 1681)
• By Louise Renée de Penancoet da Kéroualle (1648 - 1734), Duchess of Portsmouth (1673)
• Charles Lennox (1672 -1723), created Duke of Richmond (1675) in England and Duke of Lennox (1675) in Scotland.
• By Mary 'Moll' Davis, courtesan and actress of repute
• Mary Tudor (1673 - 1726), married to Edward Radclyffe (1655-1705), the Second Earl of Derwentwater from 1687 - 1705. Upon Edward's death, she married Henry Graham (son and heir to Col. James Graham), and upon his death she wed James Rooke in 1707. Mary bore four children to Edward, which continued the house of Derwentwater.
• Other mistresses
• Cristabella Wyndham, his former wet-nurse (unconfirmed, supposedly when Charles was fourteen)
• Hortense Mancini, Duchess of Mazarin
• Winifred Wells - one of the Queen's Maids of Honour
• Mrs Jane Roberts - the daughter of a clergyman
• Mary Sackville (formerly Berkeley, née Bagot) - the widowed Countess of Falmouth
• Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Countess of Kildare