Charles II, King
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishCharles II, KingKing Charles IICharles II, King /ˌtʃɑːlz ðə ˈsekənd $ ˌtʃɑːrlz-/ (1630–85) the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland who was the son of Charles I. He officially became king after his father’s death in 1649, but he did not return to England to rule until the end of the English civil war in 1660. He is sometimes called ‘the Merry Monarch’ → Restoration, the