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Charles I of England
Charles I was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.
Charles II of England
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1660 to 1685 (1630-1685)
James II of England
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1685 to 1688 (1633–1701)
James Francis Edward Stuart, Prince of Wales
pretender to the English, Scottish and Irish throne (1688-1766)
Mary of Modena
Queen consort of England (1685-1688)
Anne, Duchess of York
English Royal
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
politician from England (1592-1628)
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
British duchess (1660-1744)
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
English nobleman and soldier (1649–1685)
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
English soldier and politician (1608-1670)
Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales
eldest son and heir apparent of James VI and I
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Parliamentary commander-in-chief during the English Civil War (1612-1671)
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
English nobleman (1565–1601)
Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland
English royal mistress from the Villiers family (1640-1709)
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick
Anglo-French military leader (1670-1734)
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
English politician and founder of the Whig party (1621-1683)
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
English politician and historian (1609–1674)
Prince William, Duke of Gloucester
son of Queen Anne (1689-1700)
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era (1550-1604)
Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester
son of Charles I of England
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham
English politician and naval commander (1536–1624)
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
Illegitimate son of King Charles II and English duke (1663-1690)
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
British Whig statesman (1674-1738)
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
British politician (1645-1712)
Arbella Stuart
British noblewoman, Duchess of Somerset
Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond
illegitimate son of Charles II of England (1672-1723)
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
English noble and parliamentarian general
Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset
British nobleman and politician (1587–1645)
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore
English peer (1605–1675)
Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel
English diplomat (1585-1646)
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans
British Duke (1670-1726)
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland
Son of Barbara Palmer (1662-1730), Countess of Castlemaine and Charles II of England
Lettice Knollys
English noblewoman
Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland
English aristocrat (1564-1632)
Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk
English sailor, politician, and courtier (1561–1626)
Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton
son of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, and Mary Browne, daughter of Anthony Browne (1573-1624)
Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter
English politician (1542-1623)
Edward Seymour
1st Earl of Hertford (1539-1621)
George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland
British Army general
Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington
English antiquarian (1571-1631)
Henry Howard, 6th Duke of Norfolk
English diplomat (1628-1684)
Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester
British countess (1657-1717)
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
English poet and politician (1648–1721)
William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Duke of Somerset (1588-1660)
Charlotte Stanley, Countess of Derby
English noblewoman (1599-1664)
Anne Clifford
noblewoman; English countess (1590-1676)
Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle
alleged intrigant at the royal court of Charles I of England
Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton
English aristocrat and courtier (1540-1614)
Bess of Hardwick
notable figure of 16th century Elizabethan English society
Edward Russell
1st Earl of Orford, First Lord of the Admiralty (1653–1727)
Edward Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp
English noble (1561-1612)
William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire
English politician and Earl
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
English Earl (1580-1630)
Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester
Earl of Worcester
Mary Villiers, Countess of Buckingham
daughter of Anthony Beaumont of Glenfield, Leicestershire
William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby
6th Earl of Derby
William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle
English baron
George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland
English noble (1558-1605)
Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk
English noble (1627-1677)
Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex
English statesman