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the 17th-century Knights of the Royal Oak received silver medals that displayed the Royal Oak where Charles II of England hid after the Battle of Worcester ?
portrait painter John Michael Wright painted both Charles II and the daughter of Oliver Cromwell ?
the Cleeves Cove caves were used as a refuge for the local Covenanters , a religious group seeking religious freedom, during the time of their persecution by Charles II 's government?
the Dutch Gift was a collection of 40 paintings and sculptures (example pictured) , presented to King Charles II of England by the Dutch Republic in 1660 ?
with the Secret Treaty of Dover signed between England and France , King Charles II attempted to convert England to Catholicism ?
the 7th Earl of Pembroke was convicted of murder but pardoned by King Charles II ?
St Lawrence's Church , a listed building in Stoak , Cheshire , England , has a Tudor hammerbeam roof , a Jacobean altar , a Georgian pulpit , an Elizabethan chalice and chairs from the time of Charles II ?
Robert Fielding polygamously married Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland , a former mistress of King Charles II , within a month of marrying another woman?
King Charles II rewarded Captain Richard Haddock for his actions in the Battle of Solebay by giving him a hat?
Charles II of England attended the 1667 premiere of the tragicomedy The Maiden Queen ?
London 's Army and Navy Club stands on a site once partly occupied by the house of the actress Moll Davis , a mistress of King Charles II ?
Birdcage Walk in the City of Westminster , London , is named after the Royal Menagerie and Aviary which was located beside it in the reign of Kings James I and expanded by Charles II ?
Mohammed bin Hadou was a Moroccan ambassador to the court of Charles II in England in 1681–82?
Catherine Pegge from Derbyshire had a son who was named Charles like his heirless and exiled father, Charles II of England ?
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Question 1 : When was Charles II of England born?
Question 2 : Diana's son, ________ , second in line to the British Throne, is likely to be the first monarch descended from Charles II.
Question 3 : What proceeded Charles II of England?
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Question 6 : What is Charles II of England also known as?
Question 7 : [ 20] In the end nine of the regicides were executed:[ 21] they were ________ ; others were given life imprisonment or simply excluded from office for life.
Question 8 : Where was Charles II of England born?
Question 9 : Charles's eldest son, the Duke of Monmouth , led a rebellion against James II, but was defeated at the ________ on 6 July 1685, captured, and executed.
Question 10 : Bawdy "________ " became a recognizable genre.