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To: pierrem15

Of the last two, the first was beheaded and the second forced to flee.


No, Charles II had a good time as king. People got to party again after the dour Commonwealth. It was his brother, James II, who succeeded him who ran away.


45 posted on 02/05/2024 10:38:20 AM PST by hanamizu ( )
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To: hanamizu

Thanks. I always get Charles II and his brother mixed up.


92 posted on 02/05/2024 11:01:54 AM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: hanamizu

He was forced to fleet at the end of the English Civil War until the restoration.


256 posted on 02/06/2024 3:49:01 AM PST by sinsofsolarempirefan
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