King Charles II Stuart^[1]

1630 - 1685  (54 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Charles II Stuart
  Prefix	King
  Birth	29 May 1630	St. James Palace, London
  Christening	29 May 1630	St. James Palace, London
  Gender	Male
  Prominent People	*
  Death	6 Feb 1685	Whitehall, Westminster, London
  Burial	14 Feb 1685	Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England
  Siblings	8 Siblings
  1. Prince Charles James Stuart,   b. 13 May 1629, Greenwich Palace, London, England d. 13 May 1629, Greenwich Palace, London, England  (Age 0 years) + 2. King Charles II Stuart,   b. 29 May 1630, St. James Palace, London d. 6 Feb 1685, Whitehall, Westminster, London  (Age 54 years) ▻ Marguerite de Carteret;   Lucy Walter;   Elizabeth Killigrew;   Catherine Pegge;   Duchess Barbara Villiers;   Nell Gywnne;   Louise Renee de Kérouaille;   Moll Davies;   Catarina Henriquet de Bragança,  m. 21 May 1662 ;   Eleanor Needham;   Christabella Wyndham;   Hortense Mancini;   Winifred Wells;   Jane Roberts;   Elizabeth Bagot,  m. Aft 1665 ;   Maria Stuardo;   Duchesse Marguerite de Rohan;   Countess Elizabeth FitzGerald + 3. Princess Mary Stuart,   b. 4 Nov 1631, St. James Palace, London d. 24 Dec 1660, London, Whitehall Palace  (Age 29 years) ▻ Prins Willem II von Nassau,  m. 12 May 1641 + 4. King James II Stuart,   b. 14 Oct 1633, St. James Palace, London d. 5 Sep 1701, St.Germ.-en-Laye, Paris, Île-de-France, France  (Age 67 years) ▻ Anne Hyde,  m. 24 Nov 1659 ;   Arabella Churchill,  m. 1665 ;   Princess Maria Beatrice d' Este,  m. 30 Sep 1673 ;   Countess Catherine Sedley;   Goditha Price;   Susan Armyne;   Margaret Brooke;   Anne Hamilton;   Susanna Skipwith   5. Elisabeth Stuart,   b. 1635   d. 1680  (Age 45 years)   6. Princess Anne Stuart,   b. 17 Mar 1637, St. James Palace, London d. 5 Nov 1640, Palace, Richmond  (Age 3 years)   7. Catherine Stuart,   b. 29 Jun 1639, Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England d. 29 Jun 1639, London, Whitehall Palace  (Age 0 years)   8. Henry Stuart,   b. 1640   d. 1660  (Age 20 years) + 9. Henriette Anne Stuart,   b. 16 Jun 1644, Exeter, Devonshire, England d. 30 Jun 1670, St Cloud  (Age 26 years) ▻ Duc Philippe d' Orléans, I,  m. 31 Mar 1661 ;   Lt.-Gen. Marquis François René Crespin du Bec
  Person ID	I5699	Geneagraphie
  Links To	This person is also Charles II of England at Wikipedia
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	King Charles I Stuart,   b. 19 Nov 1600, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d. 30 Jan 1649, London, Middlesex, England (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Henriette Maria de Bourbon,   b. 25 Nov 1609   d. 31 Aug 1669 (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	1625
  Family ID	F2455	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Marguerite de Carteret   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Letters claiming that she bore Charles a son named James de la Cloche in 1646 are dismissed by historians as forgeries James de la Cloche (1644?-1669?) is an alleged would-be-illegitimate son of Charles II of England who would have first joined a Jesuit seminary and then gave up his habit to marry a Neapolitan woman. He is known mainly through documentary evidence. James de la Cloche is mainly known through studies of British historian Lord Acton . In 1862 he received copies of the so-called Gesu manuscript from Giuseppe Boero of the Jesuit archives in Rome. Lord Acton later wrote an article The Secret History of Charles II. Based on the documents, Charles II would have had an illegitimate son with lady Marguerite de Carteret when he had been in Jersey in 1646. The official father was Marguerite's husband, Jean de la Cloche. The son would have received Protestant education in France and the Netherlands and used the name James de la Cloche du Bourg. Charles II would have recognized him in secret in 1665 and granted him an annuity of £500 as long as he would stay in London and as an Anglican . Apparently de la Cloche spoke mainly French. Jacobus de la Cloche entered a Jesuit seminary in Rome 2 April 1668. He was wearing common clothes and claimed that he was 24 years old. De la Cloche had converted to Catholicism in Hamburg in 1667. He had received a written proof of his ancestry from Queen Christina of Sweden and now wanted to join the seminary. He was accepted and entered St. Andrea al Quirinale as a novice on 11 April. Apparently King Charles was not angry that de la Cloche had switched faiths. In 1668 Oliva, the general of the Jesuits, received a letter in which the king told that he planned to convert to Catholicism. He could not contact any of the local catholic priests without arousing suspicions but his son, one de la Cloche, would be a perfect choice. He could arrange a cardinal 's position for him, if he would not be suitable for the throne. In August the next letter invited de la cloche to come home, without speaking to queen Christina, who was coming to Rome. The king had arranged him to travel under the name Henri de Rohan. By October de la Cloche was on his way. The next royal letter, dated 18 November 1668, says that Charles II had sent his son back to Rome to act as his unofficial ambassador to the Holy See and he would later return to London when he had received answers to questions the king was willing to deliver only orally. He had asked Oliva to give de la Cloche 800 doppies for expenses. After that, there is no mention of de la Cloche. However, one James Stuart or don Giacopo Stuardo, appeared in Naples in 1669. In 19 February he married one Teresa Corona and gave her father 200 doppies as a dowry . When his father-in-law, an innkeeper, begun to boast about his birth and spread around his money, Stuart was arrested in suspicion of forging money. He claimed to be a natural son of Charles II (although it is not clear when he had said that). When the local viceroy heard about his claims, he wrote to England to verify them. Meanwhile Stuart contacted English consul Browne so he could help him out of confinement in the castle of Gaeta . The English reply did not verify Stuart's claims, and he had no documents to verify them, so he was removed from the relative comfort of the castle of Gaeta to the lowly prison of Vicaria . He was sentenced to flogging but his in-laws managed to stop that. Stuart was eventually released, left supposedly for England and returned with more money. By 31 August he was dead. In his confusing will he had asked Charles II to give his unborn child an "ordinary principality" or something equally appropriate. He also named Maria Henrietta Stuart as his mother. The matter was mentioned in contemporary newsletters and English consul's messages to England. Stuart's widow gave birth to a son, Giacomo Stuardo. The son married Lucia Minelli di Riccia in 1711 and later regained some of his father's inheritance. The last record of him is from 1752. Various historians have had conflicting opinions about the matter. James de la Cloche might have forged the royal letters himself. The confusing will may have been the handiwork of the Corona family. There might have been two separate men claiming the same ancestry - the change would have been rather drastic. Lord Acton and Father Boero assumed that the second man was an impostor . Boero assumed that de la Cloche had returned to London using yet another name and James Stuart had adopted his claim. Lord Acton suggests that Stuart might have been a servant who had robbed de la Cloche to get his money and papers.
  Family ID	F297461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Lucy Walter,   b. 1630, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales d. 1658, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 28 years)
  Children	+ 1. Duke James Crofts, "Scott",   b. 9 Mar 1649   d. 16 Jun 1685, Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England (Age 36 years) + 2. Mary Crofts,   b. Abt 1656   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F7052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth Killigrew,   c. 16 May 1622, St Margaret's Church, Lothbury, London bur. 4 Jan 1681, Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 58 years)
  Children	+ 1. Charlotte Jemima Henrietta FitzCharles,   b. Abt 1650   d. 1684 (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F29901	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 4	Catherine Pegge   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Earl Charles FitzCharles,   b. 1657   d. 17 Oct 1680 (Age 23 years)   2. Catherine FitzCharles,   b. 1658   d. 1759, Dunkerque, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (Age 101 years)
  Family ID	F29907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 5	Duchess Barbara Villiers,   b. 1641   d. 9 Oct 1709, Chiswick, London, Middlesex, England (Age 68 years)
  Children	+ 1. Countess Anne Palmer-Fitzroy,   b. 25 Feb 1661, Westminster, London, Middlesex, England d. 16 May 1722 (Age 61 years) + 2. Duke Charles FitzRoy,   b. Bef 18 Jun 1662   d. 9 Sep 1730, London, Middlesex, England (Age 68 years) + 3. Duke Henry FitzRoy,   b. 2 Sep 1663   d. 9 Oct 1690, nr Cork, Éire (Age 27 years) + 4. Charlotte FitzRoy,   b. 5 Sep 1664   d. 17 Feb 1718, London, Middlesex, England (Age 53 years)   5. Duke George FitzRoy,   b. 28 Dec 1665   d. 28 Jun 1716 (Age 50 years) + 6. Barbara FitzRoy,   b. 16 Jul 1672, Cleveland House, St. Martin's-in-the-Field, London, Middlesex, England d. 6 May 1737, St. Nicholas Priory, Pontoise (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F7053	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 6	Nell Gywnne   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	+ 1. Duke Charles Beauclerk,   b. 8 May 1670   d. 10 May 1726 (Age 56 years)   2. James Beauclerk,   b. 25 Dec 1671, Pall Mall, London, Middlesex, England d. 1680 (Age 8 years)
  Family ID	F13780	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 7	Louise Renee de Kérouaille,   b. 1649   d. 14 Nov 1734, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 85 years)
  Children	+ 1. Duke Charles Lennox,   b. 29 Jul 1672   d. 27 May 1723 (Age 50 years)
  Family ID	F13781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 8	Moll Davies,   b. Abt 1648, Westminster d. 1708 (Age 60 years)
  Children	+ 1. Mary Tudor,   b. 16 Oct 1673   d. 1726 (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F29916	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 9	Catarina Henriquet de Bragança,   b. 25 Nov 1638, Vila Vicosa d. 31 Dec 1705, Lisboa, Estradamura, Portugal (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	21 May 1662	Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
  Family ID	F2456	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 10	Eleanor Needham   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F61351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 11	Christabella Wyndham   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F297468	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 12	Hortense Mancini,   b. 1646   d. 1699 (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F61353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 13	Winifred Wells,   b. Abt 1642   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F297469	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 14	Jane Roberts   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F297470	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 15	Elizabeth Bagot,   b. 1645   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Aft 1665
  Family ID	F297471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 16	Maria Stuardo   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F61352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 17	Duchesse Marguerite de Rohan,   b. 1616-1617, Rohan, Morbihan, France d. 9 Apr 1684, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 67 years)
  Children	+ 1. James de Rohano-Stuardo   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F259695	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2010

  
  

  Family 18	Countess Elizabeth FitzGerald   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F297472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2010

  
  

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  King of Engeland 1660-1685, In 1660 he was asked by the parliament to return after the death of Oliver Cromwell (1653-1658) who was shortly followed by his son Richard (1658-1659, civil war 1649-1658) He had 17 children and not one of them was legal.

  
  

• Sources

  [S190] Peter Barns-Graham, British Pedigrees, (Stirnet), Stuart Kings of Scotland & England & Ireland, Stuart of Lennox, Stuart of Richmond, FitzRoy of Cleveland & Southampton (Reliability: 2).