Lynn’s Reviews > History of King Charles II of England > Status Update

Charles escaped Wales to France then to Holland then decided to try again for the British throne. By then, Cromwell had not given the people a republic with a vote for parliament, but a parliament filled with men who grew rich serving themselves. The king this time won giving the people some reassurances for consideration of the people.

King Charles II went to Scotland to get back his throne. He found the lords cold and uninviting. In England he hoped to build an army but it fell apart quickly. Trapped by Cromwell he ended up getting into Wales and hiding all day and night in an oak tree while Cromwell's army passed. Now called The Royal Oak.

Charles I beheaded, Charles II in France. All children eventually got tho France except for one, who seems to have suffered while being kept prisoner after her father died.

Queen Henrietta escapes Exetor as Cromwell's armies approach. She reaches. Dutch ship in a harbor and the ship takes her to France with British ships using cannons to stop it. The ship is crippled but French ships save the day. She has lost her family which upsets her and had to leave a 2 week old infant behind.

Charles II was the son of Charles I who had not gotten along with the British and had his head chopped off. His mother Henrietta, was French and Catholic and she was not allowed to raise him lest she teach him her religion. She became close to her other children. When her husbands was in danger, she tried to bring Dutch and French soldiers to England. Charles made them leave lest his people hate him.