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Charles II

Charles II (see here and here), born 1630,
in exile during Commonwealth 1649-60,
Restoration 1660, reigned 1660-85 (Royalists would date his reign as starting in 1649),
mar 1662 to Catherine of Braganza (see here),
affair with Barbara Villiers [born 1641] and had issue:

1. Henry Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Grafton.

2. Charlotte Fitzroy (see here),
   mar Edward Lee, 1st Earl of Lichfield (see here) and had issue:
   1. Charlotte Lee, mar Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore and had issue.

affair with Nell Gywnne and had issue:

1. Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St.Albans, born 1670.

affair with Louise de Kerouaille [born 1649] and had issue:

1. Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox, born 1672.

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• After Catherine of Braganza:
  • Queens, New York
  • Queen St, off the NW Quays, Dublin.
• After Charles II:
  • The King's Hospital school, which was founded near Queen St, Dublin.
  • Charleston, S Carolina.
  • And hence the jazz dance, the Charleston.
  • Charleston, Missouri, is after Charleston, S Carolina.