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 was popularly known as the Merry Monarch , in reference to both the liveliness and hedonism of his court and the general relief at the return to normality after over a decade of rule by Cromwell and the Puritans . 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 .