Definition of Charles ii

1. Noun. As Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877).


2. Noun. King of England and Scotland and Ireland during the Restoration (1630-1685).
Exact synonyms: Charles
Generic synonyms: King Of England, King Of Great Britain
Derivative terms: Carolean

Lexicographical Neighbors of Charles Ii

Charles Farrar Browne
Charles Follen McKim
Charles Fourier
Charles Francis Hall
Charles Francois Gounod
Charles Franklin Kettering
Charles Franklin Peirce
Charles Frederick Menninger
Charles Frederick Worth
Charles Goodyear
Charles Grey
Charles Hardin Holley
Charles Henry Harrod
Charles Herbert Best
Charles I
Charles II
Charles IX
Charles James Fox
Charles Joseph Clark
Charles Kay Ogden
Charles Kettering
Charles L'Enfant
Charles Lamb
Charles Laughton
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Liston
Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Charles Louis de Secondat
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

Literary usage of Charles ii

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1866)
"... which forms one of the principal features in the reign of Charles II." I have now laid before the reader what I conceive to be the point of view from ..."

2. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1906)
"Declaration of Indulgence by Charles II. 1676. Accession of Innocent XI. ... Death of Charles II. Accession of James II. Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, ..."

3. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1858)
"The Royal Pilgrimage, or the Progresse and Travels of K.Charles II.through the most and greatest Courts of Europe. Loud. 1660, 4to. ..."

4. Belgium and Holland, Including the Grandduchy of Luxembourg: Handbook for by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1901)
"In the Vestibule are several full-length portraits of former sovereigns, among whom are Maria Theresa, Francis II., Joseph II., Charles VI., Charles II. of ..."

5. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"The new King was Charles II, the only son of Philip IV. At the time of his father's ... This saying admirably characterises the entire epoch of Charles II. ..."

6. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"The new King was Charles II, the only son of Philip IV. At the time of his father's ... This saying admirably characterises the entire epoch of Charles II. ..."

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