MEET THE ANCESTORS; Photographs: DREW GARDNER. Words: VICTORIA MOORE.

The Daily Mail (London, England) | January 10, 2008 | Copyright

CHARLES II

WHEN he was 19 his father, Charles I, was executed after the Parliamentariansbeat the Royalists in the Civil War.

Charles was crowned King of Scotland in 1651, but after defeat in battle fledto the Continent for nine years.

Charles (1630-1685) returned to the throne after Cromwell's death. Known as theMerry Monarch, he had many mistresses, but left no legitimate heir.

LIVING RELATIVE: Lord Charles FitzRoy NINE times great-grandson of Charles IIand long-time mistress Barbara Villiers, Lord Charles FitzRoy, a ...

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