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Portrait of Charles II  ©Charles II was king of England, Scotland and Ireland, whose restoration to the throne in marked the end of republican rule in England.

Charles was born on 29 May , the eldest surviving son of Charles I.

He was 12 when the Civil War began and two years later was appointed nominal commander-in-chief in western England. With the parliamentary victory he was forced into exile on the continent. He was in the Netherlands when, in , he learnt of his father's execution.

In , Charles did a deal with the Scots and was proclaimed king.

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With a Scottish army he invaded England but was defeated by Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester in He again escaped into exile and it was not until that he was invited back to England to reclaim his throne. Although those who had signed Charles I's death warrant were punished, the new king pursued a policy of political tolerance and power-sharing.

His desire for religious toleration, due in large part to his ow