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Charles II

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Charles II (1630-1685) was the eldest surviving son of Charles I. After his father's execution he was crowned King of Scots at Scone in January 1651 and marched south into England that summer. James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, sailed from the Isle of Man to join him, fighting at Wigan Lane before reaching the King at Worcester. The campaign ended in total defeat on 3 September 1651. Charles escaped to France; Derby was captured and executed at Bolton. Charles was restored to the English throne in 1660, and the consequences of that restoration for the Isle of Man - the return of the Stanley lordship, the trial and execution of Illiam Dhone - shaped the Island for generations.

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