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CHARLES II Stuart
King of Scotland and England
KING CHARLES II. was born 1630, but after his father´s death the country was ruled by Oliver Cromwell. He was crowned King of Scots in 1651, but was not crowned King of England till 1660. In 1662 he married Catherine, daughter of King John IV. of Portugal, but died without legitimate issue in 1685.
Arms: of King Charres II. when he recorded in the Lyon Office, in 1672, his achievement as King of Great Britain, France and Ireland.-1 and 4. Scotland. 2. Quarterly; France and England. 3. Ireland. The shield encircled with the Orders of St. Andrew and The Garter. CREST: A red lion sejant affronte; crowned gold, holding aloft in the right paw a naked sword proper, and in the left a sceptre proper. SUPPORTERS: Dexter, A silver unicorn, horned, maned and hoofed gold, crowned with an imperial and gorged with an open crown of fleurs-de-lis and crosses patty, gold, to the last a gold chain is affized passing betwixt the fore legs and reflexed over the back. He holds aloft a blue banner charged with a silver saltire; Sinister, A lion guardant crowned gold. He holds aloft a white banner charged with a red cross. MOTTOES: Above the Crest "In_defence," and below the shield "Dieu_et_mon_droit"
King Charles II. had many illegitimate children
(1) James Crofts, afterwards Scott, son of King Charles II. by Lucy Walters, was born 1649. In 1663 he was created DUKE OF MONMOUTH, Earl of Doncaster, Baron Scott of Tindall (Tynedale), and two months later he married Anne, Countess of Buccleuch. The two were then created DUKE AND DUCHESS OF BUCCLEUCH, Earl and Countess of Dalkeith, Lord and Lady Scott of Whitchester and Eskdale. The Duke defeated the Covenanters at Bothwell Bridge in 1679, but in the same year he was ordered to leave the country. He returned in 1685, shortly after his father´s death, and assumed the title of King. He was defeated at Sedgemoor on 5th July, captured three days later, and was beheaded 15th July 1685 in London. His own honours were forfeited, but the other honours have continued to his descendant, the present Duke of Buccleuch. The Earldom of Doncaster and Barony of Scott of Tindall were restored to the family in 1743, but not the Duchy of Monmouth.
Arms.-
(1) First Arms, I and 4. Ermine, on a red pile three gold lions passant guardant. 2 and 3. Gold, a blue shield charged with three gold fleurs-de-lis, this shield within a red double tressure fiory-counter-fiory (Woodward).
(2) On his Seals, 1669 and 1673.-I and 4. Scotland~ 2. France and England, quarterly. 3. Ireland. The whole surmounted by a ribbon, sinister. En surtou4 On a bend a star followed by two crescents for Scott. CREST: A lion statant guardant crowned. SUPPORTERS: A unicorn and stag, each gorged with a coronet and chained.
The present Duke of Buccleuch bears the Arms of King Charles II. in Quarters I and 4, debruised by a silver baton sinister. 2. Gold, on a blue bend a mullet of six points between two crescents gold (Scott). 3. Quarterly; first and fourth, Silver, a red heart crowned gold, on a blue chief three silver stars (Douglas); third and fourth, Blue, a bend between six cross crosslets fitchy gold (Mar). This quarter within a gold bordure charged with a red double tressure flory-counter-flory. CREST: A stag trippant proper, horned and hoofed gold. SUPPORTERS: Two ladies richly attired in green habits, their under robes blue, the uppermost white, and upon their heads plumes of three white ostrich feathers. MOTTO: "Amo."
(2) Charles Fitz-Charles, son of King Charles II. by Catharine Peg, was born 1657. In 1675 he was created EARL OF PLYMOUTH, Viscount Totnes, Baron Dartmouth. He died without issue, 1680 Arms.~Arms of King Charles II., debruised by a baton sinister, vair.
By Elizabeth, Viscountess of Shannon, daughter of Sir William Killegrew, he had
issue :
(3) Charlotte Jamima Henrietta Maria Fitz Roy, m. firstly, to James Howard, and secondly, to William Paston, Earl of Yarmouth. She d. on 28 July 1684, having had issue to both husbands.
By Catherine, daughter of Thomas Peg of Yeldersley, he was father of :
(4) Charles Fitz Charles, Earl of Plymouth, b. in 1657, and was created Earl of Plymouth by his father in 1675. He m. Bridget, daughter of Sir Thomas Osborn, Duke of Leeds, and d. at Tangier, in 1680.
(5)Catherine Fitz Charles.
By Barbara, daughter and heiress of William Villiers, Viscount Grandison, he had
issue :
(6) Charles Fitz Roy, Duke of Cleveland and Southampton, b. in 1659/60 and was created Duke of Southampton in 1675. He succeeded his mother as Duke of Cleveland in 1709 and m. firstly, Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Wood, (she d. in 1680). He m. secondly, to Anne, daughter of Sir William Poultney of Millerton, and d. at his house in Cleveland Square, London, on 18 September 1730, aged 71 years. He had issue.
(7) Henry Fitz Roy, Duke of Grafton, b. in 1663 and was created Duke of Grafton in 1675. He d. from wounds received at Cork in 1690, having m. Isabel, daughter and heiress of Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, by whom he had
issue.
(8)Charlotte Stewart, m. Edward Henry, Earl of Litchfield.
(9)George Fitz Roy, Duke of Northumberland, b. in 1665 and was created Duke of Northumberland in 1674
(10) Anne Fitz Roy, b. on 2 February 1661 and m. on 16 May 1674, to Thomas Lennard, Earl of Sussex. She d. on 16 May 1722, having had issue.
(11) Barbara Fitz Roy, b. in 1672 and took Holy Orders, becoming Prioress of St.Nicholas Priory, Pontoise. She d. there on 6 May 1737.
By Eleanor (nell), daughter of Francis Gwyn he was father of :
(12) Charles Beauclerc, Duke of St. Albans, b. in 1670 and was created Earl of Burford in 1676, and Duke of St. Albans in 1684. He m. Diana, daughter and sole heiress of Aubrey de Vere, and d. in 1726, having had issue. , and in 1684 DUKE OF ST. ALBANS. He died 1726. The present Duke of St. Albans is his descendant. Arms:-Arms of King Charles II., debruised by a red baton sinister, charged with three silver roses, barbed and seeded green (Woodward). The present Duke bears these Arms.-i and 4, quartered with 2 and 3. Quarterly; Red and gold, in the first quarter a silver mullet (De Vere). CREST: On a red chapeau turned up ermine, a gold lion statant guardant, crowned with a ducal coronet per pale, silver and red, gorged with a red collar, charged with three silver roses, barbed and seeded green. SUPPORTERS: Dexter, A silver antelope horned and hooftd gold; Sinister, A silver greyhound. Both SUPPORTERS gorged with a collar like the crest. MOTTO: "Auspicium_melioris_oevi"
(13) James Stewart, b. in 1672 and d. in France in 1680.
By Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth and Aubigny, he was father of :
(14)Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond, Lennox and Aubigny, b. in 1672 and m. in 1693, to Anne, daughter of Francis, Lord Brudenell, son of Robert, Earl of Cardigan. He d. in 1723, having had issue.
By Mary Davis he was father of :
(15) Mary Tudor, b. in 1673, and m. firstly, to Francis, Lord Radcliffe, son of Francis Radcliffe, Earl of Derwentwater, and had issue ; secondly, in 1705, to Henry Graham of Levens, and thirdly, in 1707, to James Rooke. She d. on 5 November 1726.
