This made the question of who would succeed him central to European diplomacy for much of his reign, one historian writing that "from the day of his birth, they were waiting for his death".[1] The two main candidates were the Austrian Habsburg Archduke Charles, and 16-year-old Philip ...
Known amongst his people as the ‘Merry Monarch’, Charles II was the third Stuart King of England and reigned until his death on 6 February 1685. He was the son of Charles I, who was beheaded in 1649. Although Charles I was the king, he was defeated by Oliver Cromwell who then to...
Royals, leaders, and celebrities from across the globe express their condolences following the death of the British monarch.
On the death of His Late Sacred Majesty King Charles II, of ever blessed memory a Pindarique ode / by Fitz Norris Wood.Fitz Norris. Wood
Charles II was born in 1630, into the most formal and ceremonious court in northern Europe. The king and queen of France (his uncle and grandmother on his mother's side) and the exiled Elector Palatine (his uncle on his father's) were named godparents at his christening, and he was pa...
Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolences on Friday to British King Charles III over the death of Queen Elizabeth II. On behalf of the Chinese government and people and in his own name, Xi expressed deep condolences over the death of Queen Elizabeth II and extended sincere sy...
King Charles III, 74, ascended to the throne in September last year following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. 为什么查尔斯去年就继位了,也早已行使国王的权力,但是加冕礼却拖延至今? 这主要是因为要悼念前任君主,再加上加冕礼需要长时间筹备,典礼才延后了近一年。
Queen Camilla Royal Family The King This is a modal window. Video Unavailable Technical details : This video is currently unavailable The King has attended church near Balmoral for a service in memory of his mother Queen Elizabeth II on the second anniversary of her death. ...
Louis XIV's only surviving legitimate grandson, Philip V, was not included in the line of succession due to having renounced the French throne after the war of the Spanish Succession, which lasted for 13 years after the death of Charles II of Spain in 1700.[131] Louis XIII (1601–1643...
The Royal Observatory at Greenwich dates its foundation to a 1675 warrant of Charles II (1630–1685), stating that "Wee have resolved to build a small observatorie …", establishing it "to find out the…Longitude…for perfecting…Navigation". Finding the longitude was a goal desired for centu...