The young king Edward VI is buried beneath the floor in front of the altar and the last monarch to be buried in the abbey – King George II – lies in a vault under the central aisle along with his wife Queen Caroline and some of their children as well as other family members. On t...
•A new exhibition celebrating the role of the court of King Charles II in promoting the arts in England has opened at The Queen’s Gallery in Buckingham Palace.Charles II: Art and Powerhighlights the key role Charles II played in developing the Royal Collection following the Restoration in ...
[43] In 1685, Leopold and Margaret's daughter Maria Antonia married Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria; she died in 1692, leaving one surviving son, Joseph Ferdinand. In October 1698, France, England and the Dutch Republic attempted to impose a diplomatic solution to the Succession on ...
Charles II succumbed to a stroke, February 6, 1685, aged 54. He died in the Roman Catholic faith. Although he had failed to beget a legitimate heir, he left a near-absolute, solvent monarchy. England was enjoying peace while other European countries were at war; her seamen were building ...
1215: He was re-interred by Frederick II in a casket of gold and silver. Notes Physical Character His appearance as described by Einhard'sVita Karoli Magniin his twenty-second chapter: "He was heavily built, sturdy, and of considerable stature ... round head, large and lively eyes, a...
As mentioned, King Charles I took a fancy to this spaniel, and his son, King Charles II, became so fond of the breed that he decreed that King Charles Spaniels must be allowed in any public place including the House of Parliament. This decree is still in the law books today and...
Charles II had been defeated by Oliver Cromwell at Dunbar in 1650 and although he had reached England with his Scottish army, he was finally defeated in Worcester in 1651. It was here at the Battle of Worcester that Charles II famously hid in an old oak tree and once more made his ...
Charles II first met John Hudleston after the King’s defeat at Worcester in 1651. The priest was aged forty-three at the time, the son of a landed gentry family of Faring-ton in Lancashire. He had been brought up as a Catholic and had studied at Rome, where in 1637 he was ordained...
(on the corner with Derby Gate) as early as 1434. It passed into the hands of the Crown by 1531 and by the early 19th century it had taken on the name of the Red Lion (at the time, it was visited by Charles Dickens as a young man). The current, now Grade II-listed, building...
“Talk” also featured this sad account of a theatrical company setting sale for England and discovering that racial discrimination did not end at the docks of New York Harbor. It is also sad that The New Yorker didn’t seem to have any problem with this injustice, and rather saw it as ...