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The Children of Charles the Second: The Merry Monarch's Fourteen Bastards

The Children of Charles the Second: The Merry Monarch's Fourteen Bastards


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King Charles II was the father of fourteen illegitimate children (if not more) by seven mistresses. Ironically, his marriage to Queen Catherine, a Portuguese princess, proved childless. The eldest and most notable of his children, James, duke of Monmouth, was effectively excluded from the line of succession. After his father's death the duke launched an armed challenge for the crown against his uncle, then James II, but was defeated at the battle of Sedgemoor and executed. Some of Charles's other sons, notably Henry, duke of Grafton, Charles, duke of St Albans, and the youngest, Charles, duke of Richmond, took part in military and naval campaigns at home and overseas. Some of his daughters married into various branches of the British aristocracy-though not without occasional scandal-while one married a composer and another took holy orders. In the context of the relaxed morals of the Restoration court, this biography examines the sometimes poorly documented lives of each of Charles's children, their personal relations with each other, their places in English history, their love affairs, and the lines of descent through which several key figures of the modern British royal family can trace their lineage. AUTHOR: John Van der Kiste has published over forty books including works on royal and historical biography, local history, true crime, music and fiction. He is also a contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. His previous Fonthill titles include 'The End of the Hapsburgs', 'Queen Victoria and the European Empires', 'The Prussian Princesses' and 'Alfred-Queen Victoria's Second Son'. He lives in Devon. 24 colour, 8 b/w illustrations

Table of Contents:

Introduction; Prince Charles; Charles II; James II; William II, Mary II, and after; Appendix I: The descendants; Appendix II: Lines of descent to modern royalty; Appendix III: The children of Charles II; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.



About the Author :
John Van der Kiste has published over forty books including works on royal and historical biography, local history, true crime, music and fiction. He is also a contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. His previous Fonthill titles include 'The End of the Hapsburgs', 'Queen Victoria and the European Empires', 'The Prussian Princesses' and 'Alfred-Queen Victoria's Second Son'. He lives in Devon.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781781559468
  • Publisher: Fonthill Media Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Fonthill Media Ltd
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 176
  • Sub Title: The Merry Monarch's Fourteen Bastards
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1781559465
  • Publisher Date: 30 Apr 2025
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 17 mm
  • Weight: 442 gr


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