In an unpopular move, this man sold Dunkirk to the French, and his wife's dowry included among others the city of Tangiers, ultimately given up after a successful blockade by the Moroccan Sultan Moulay Ismail.
In an unpopular move, this man sold Dunkirk to the French, and his wife's dowry included among others the city of Tangiers, ultimately given up after a successful blockade by the Moroccan Sultan Moulay Ismail. With his most famous mistress, he fathered Charles Beauclerk, one of many bastard sons. He formed the Triple Alliance to oppose France in the War of Devolution, and antagonized the Dutch early and often during his reign. After the Dutch sailed up the Thames and sank most of the English fleet, the Treaty of Breda was enacted, ending the second of three wars. He converted to Catholicism in the secret treaty of Dover, although he had earlier agreed to the Solemn League and Covenant. Titus Oates revealed a "Popish Plot" which revealed that his brother was Catholic, and he awarded the Carolinas to the Lord Proprietors. FTP, name this monarch who was targeted in the Rye House Plot.
In an unpopular move, this man sold Dunkirk to the French, and his wife's dowry included among others the city of Tangiers, ultimately given up after a successful blockade by the Moroccan Sultan Moulay Ismail.
{Charles II}