Charles II: The Merry Monarch 

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🎶 My name is- My name is- My name is Charles II! I love the people and the people love me So much that they restored the English monarchy! I'm part Scottish, French, Italian, a little bit Dane But 100% party animal- Champagne? 🎶

"No, I'm not locked in his basement!" Sounds like something someone who was locked in a basement would say.

As much as the Queen would seem unapproachable and stiff its stories like this remind me that Queen Elizabeth 2 had an amazing sense of humour.

7:30 - Bicester is actually Bista - nightmare I know. Worse still is Towcester (Toaster) snd Frome (Froom).

I've read a lot of contemporay accounts about this period, and it's important to talk about his childhood in more detail. Please bear with the length, it is not easy to pare this down as much as I have. The way his mother was bit by bit more and more isolated despite agreeing to raise the kids as protestants. That his father was in an impossible position when it came to picking a wife is also important. He had to pick a protestant, but they insisted that this marriage also must be advantageous politically. The woman they wanted didn't exist. There were TWO protestant countries. The other did not have any available princesses. So he asked about marrying someone lower, and parliament went ballistic. In the end he went with a catholic princess under the agreement to raise the children protestant. But while initially parliament was okay with it, they noticed that the mother had french speaking maids. They became convinced that these maids were going to corrupt the little children. So her entire retinue was sent packing. At that point she was still around her children, but parliament was still freaked out, and started separating them from their mother. Then their father the King got kinda pissed off, and started trying to take some control back because he could barely see his own sons. Then some parliamentarians tried to murder him, so he had them executed. He tried to wrest control again, and died for it. Meanwhile his wife managed to smuggle her children out after much effort. This background is crucial to understanding Charles II's attitude towards religion, marriage, and government. Because his home life was a train wreck, he had no strong desire for legitimate children, despite the attempts. He certainly wasn't going to push for a second wife or adopt a child. Because religion was the reason he spent his childhood in turmoil, he was for religious tolerance. That's why he tried to pass indulgences. As for government, he stayed limited in what he did, because he was terrified of pushing things too far and having to go "traveling" again. He often didn't push as hard as he should have. He spent most of his early reign on next to nothing. When he finally got money, he spent everything. Of course, having such a chaotic childhood didn't exactly encourage great spending habits. Basically, parliament messed up. I hardly pity those who were hung drawn and quartered. They caused entirely unnecessary problems and many deaths. Then they acted like despots before freaking out and calling back a man whose entire life they had ruined thus far. The one thing I can say is that it led to more down to earth kings. Charles II and James II personally fought the great fire of london by joining bucket lines, and liberally tossing out coins from his own income to anyone who looked like they were losing morale. That's actually why I started researching him. I wondered what king would risk their life fighting a fire like that. Sorry this was so long, I was just surprised that this information was missed by biographics.

2:40 - Chapter 1 - A youth in exile 5:45 - Chapter 2 - King of scotland 10:40 - Chapter 3 - A 2nd exile 13:30 - Mid roll ads 15:45 - Chapter 4 - The restoration 17:55 - Chapter 5 - The merry king 20:10 - Chapter 6 - The reign of charles II 23:50 - Chapter 7 - The royal society 25:30 - Chapter 8 - Religion problem 28:25 - Conclusion

BYE-CHESTER?! It’s pronounced Bister like blister without the L 😂😂😂😂 lived in and around there for 3.5 years

You know who the Merry Monarch is descended from? Not only is he descended from William the Conqueror, Edward Longshanks, Edward III, Edward IV, or even Mary, Queen of Scots, but he is also descended from Charles VI of France, who was known as “The Mad”.

King Kalakaua was also known as the “Merrie Monarch”. We have a hula competition dedicated to him.

Jon snow's actor kit harington is his descendant! How cool is that! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

So now the pizza delivery driver, the real estate agent, and everyone else who has a legitimate reason to be in the area gets interrogated.

Balmoral was the Queen’s Scottish estate, it’s now King Charles’ estate obviously…

My favorite depiction of Charles II is still from an episode of an obscure low-budget TV show called Young Blades. Historical accuracy is mostly abandoned, to the point that an disguised Charles is wooing a fugitive french pesant women while he slums around Paris waiting for a chance to personally assassinate Oliver Cromwell. It's historical fanfiction, but it is a fun romp of a watch.

A man in a pointy hat distributing gold sticks and glass balls is no basis for a system of government.

The basement is for writers. Brad and the rest of the advertising team are locked up in the attic.

Fistfights between rival schools? Y'all trying to out-Texas Texas? LOL

I want Bald man

You could have referred to The Holy Grail or Worms when talking about the grenade. You made the right choice.

N Ceausescu when?

Me and literally tens of thousands are people are directly descended from him because he had so many bastards 😂

Interim host??? Wheres Simon?

"Bet you didn't know that, Americans." A few of us read, Karl. 😁 I'm a voracious reader, and a big fan of all things history. You're still doing a great job. Keep up the good work! As for Charles IIs son James, I bet certain fundamentalists would lose their minds to know that the king that brought the Authorised Version of the Bible that they basically worship was a "damned Papist." 😈

I wouldn't mind you going from interim host to permanent host.

Great to see you Karl!

I watched King Charles Trial in Historia Civilis yesterday. This comes today. Good day.

You have to continue the story and cover his brother James II That was an even more controversial reign.

I’d love to see a return of the original format of the Biographics Podcast. For the first ten or so of them it was just Simon having a very chilled chat about once a month on a person covered in a Biographics video for about forty minutes. Obviously Simon has left, but I bet Karl could do it as well. Maybe with the writer and editor as well so we can hear their voices.

You could have referred to The Holy Grail or Worms when talking about the grenade. You absolutely made the right call karl!

Thank you for a video on the history of the British monarchy. When I was last in London, I picked up a book about the life and Times of Charles the first. The history of the British monarchy is very interesting, and is the foundation upon which all free Nick Have been built.

The King who brought back partying

I have a Charles II "royalist" mug. It is made of cast pewter, with a hinged thumb-operated lid. The underside of the lid has a cast high-relief bust of Charles. In use, one could sit in a public house and consume beverages without lifting the lid enough for anyone to see the underside. If it appeared that there were like-minded (royalists, as opposed to roundheads), a quick flip of the thumb could discreetly reveal the owner's political leanings to selected individuals within the public house.

At the event of meeting the queen in scotland I have to be fair to the tourists concerned. On her own time the queen liked to dress down for comfort. She would probably have been wearing wellie's ( gumboots for the rain and mud) a woollen skirt and an anorak (hooded raincoat). She wouldn't have seemed very regal other than her voice. 💜

"Pudding lane" Is a reference to offal from the butchers and not from baking😮

Its really telling that this Channels views hace gone off a cliff since Simon left.

Charles the 2nd should have thinned out those catapillars above his eyes.

So, have you taken over supervision of The Basement? If that's the case, it's probably fair to remove "interim" from your introduction. It's been an adjustment, though I do appreciate your style.

Charles does seem to have been the merriest monarch of England. And Gwyn Nell the most endearing consort.

HM was rather a *small* lady, so, yeah, HM wanted to make sure that people could pick her out of a crowd & KNOW that they had, indeed, SEEN the Queen.

Hmm I think his hair seems the obvious inspiration for Brian May’s hair

At 6.00 mark kinda bang on. You say 2 equally important things but as one sentence with out full stops. I want you to do well. And i noticed it before. I think maybe a pause. Or even a real remark there would really help

The merry monarch who actually started colonisation.

Damn the views are way down after Simon left

Bring back Simon

Do you live in his attic then?

Great video. The mini part at the 21:40 mark, least when I was in grade school in the 90's, we were taught about the history of Dutch and Britian and how NY got it's name and NYC, pretty common knowledge for people in the north east of the states.

Your hair is fine! I’ve watched plenty of bios of the royals it’s your banter that makes this entertaining

That wasn't Queen Elizabeth II. That was Hyacinth Bucket.

Sorry but I just can’t understand the substitute presenter. His accent is not something that I can comprehend.

Please make one with Jose Rizal...

old clocks dont tick, thats quatz tech

"The Place she owns in Scotland" Do you mean Balmoral? Holyrood house? Birkhall?

maybe it's time to drop the "interim" from the intro in my humble opinion 😊

Need Simon back ! ASAP.

Where's the bald guy who advertises shave blades?

My name is my name is charles the second the party king

INCREDIBLE video as always karl! That scene with Bonsari made me tear up. Awesome job, this what if is definitely one of my top 5. So tender feeling. also: No monarchy until came me Charles Two, I liked to party! King Jimmy Two was scary- woo! Then Mary was a smartie! She ruled with Will Her shoes were filled By sour-puss Queen Anne Gloria And so from then we were ruled by men Next please do Queen Anne! the first monarch of Great Britain!

What kind of Tea ? I like Yorkshire gold tea

Holy hand grenade from worms, youre british mate, its from monty python

Like to see a vid on the Hinterkaifeck murders of 1922

Thanks.

I like the fact Karl gives credit to the writer of his script take notice mr whistler 🤔

Now that is one wicked cool shirt.

History on flesh and blood..just a bloke with much cash😂😂😂

Karl King of the north protector of smallwood

Where is Simon?

It’s pronounced Bister you silly billy 😂

Interesting biography

My favorite monarch. The baroque, satins, subterfuge and raw, uninhibited sexuality. Everything royalty should be.

He makes a video of Henry Tandey, the soldier who spared Hitler's life in the First World War

Dang, i stop watching this channel for a bit and they replace their awesome host with a kid that survives on plagiarism and telling people to end themselves over political beliefs in a country he has no part in.

Bicester is pronounced 'Bi-stuh'. Not, 'By Chester'. Though both are stupid, I grant.

Accent getting better, more lucid, thank you. Nevertheless, still has room for improvement

You're pretty funny Kyle.

why did they change biographics and all tha graphics of this channel? sorry but no. please change it back.

You're doing great Karl! Hopefully the tea wasn't too cold by the end of the video 🤣

You seem like a lovely guy but I am missing Simon. lol

We need simon backk plzzz 😢

What a pleasant surprise to see Carl

What’s also bonkers at the time they hated the French ! When there king was half French ! And our languages has lots of French words in it ! Monarchies are bonkers 😛 lmao 🤣

Wouldnt mind karl being permanent host

Bicester is pronounced “bisster” not bi-chester!

HAHAHA!!! You think Americans don't know that New York was originally New Amsterdam? And that it was named after the Duke of York? Good grief, we have some very good history teachers here and lots of books about that era. I think I learned that when I was in 4th grade.

Where’s fact boy ?

Fantastic content as always! It would be great if you could slow down your talking though, it would make it much easier to follow

Cool

You should have watched it! IT’s History in the making ❤️🇨🇦

Thanks for the video 👍🏻

Seriously hoping Karl sticks around! 🙏

Click bait. These dudes aren't Simon 🥱🥱🥱

No Simon no watch!!

We don't need to know your opinion

Where the f@(< is Simon

Humor is one thing, but open disdain for the subject of a video just makes it sound cheap and insincere.

Simon has hair now

I think you should drop the "Interim" now. You ARE the host.

When are they gonna go back to old episodes and dub over the bald guy with Karls voice.

Who the hell is this?

Americans like to yell at people about pronunciations. For some reason theirs are right and there is no other. Don't think I'll be visiting the US again, at least the southern states. Didn't go to get screamed at.

WHERES FACT BOI 🤬🤬🤬🤬