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Vintage engraving of King Charles the Second of England 29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685. Engraving from 1857 phot by D Walker. He was popularly known as the Merrie Monarch, in reference to both the liveliness and hedonism of his court and the general relief at the return to normality after over a decade of rule by Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans. View More: