Charles II of England was queen of Scotland.
Charles II ( 29 May 1630 -- 6 February 1685 ) was king of England , Scotland and Ireland . The major foreign policy issue of his early reign was the Second Anglo-Dutch War . 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 .