Charles II of England was queen of Scotland.
Charles II of England . After 1660 , all legal documents were dated as if he had succeeded his father as king in 1649 . Charles acquiesced to the Clarendon Code even though he favoured a policy of religious tolerance . The Exclusion Crisis ran from 1679 through 1681 in the reign of King Charles II of England , Scotland and Ireland . The Rye House Plot of 1683 was a plan to assassinate King Charles II of England and his brother ( and heir to the throne ) James , Duke of York .