▁children ▁by ▁various ▁mist ress es . ▁He ▁was ▁succeeded ▁by ▁his ▁brother ▁James . ▁ ▁Early ▁life , ▁civil ▁war ▁and ▁ex ile ▁▁ ▁Charles ▁II ▁was ▁born ▁at ▁St ▁James ' s ▁Palace ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁May ▁ 1 6 3 0 . ▁His ▁parents ▁were ▁Charles ▁I , ▁who ▁ruled ▁the ▁three ▁kingdom s ▁of ▁England , ▁Scotland ▁and ▁Ireland , ▁and ▁Henri etta ▁Maria , ▁the ▁sister ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁king ▁Louis ▁XIII . ▁Charles ▁was ▁their ▁second ▁child . ▁Their ▁first ▁son ▁was ▁born ▁about ▁a ▁year ▁before ▁Charles , ▁but ▁died ▁within ▁a ▁day . ▁England , ▁Scotland , ▁and ▁Ireland ▁were ▁respectively ▁pre domin antly ▁Ang lic an , ▁Pres by ter ian , ▁and ▁Catholic . ▁Charles ▁was ▁bapt ised ▁in ▁the ▁Chap el ▁Royal , ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁June , ▁by ▁the ▁Ang lic an ▁Bishop ▁of ▁London , ▁William ▁La ud . ▁He ▁was ▁brought ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁care ▁of ▁the ▁Protest ant ▁Count ess ▁of ▁Dor set , ▁though ▁his ▁god par ents ▁included ▁his ▁mat ernal ▁uncle ▁Louis ▁XIII ▁and ▁his ▁mat ernal ▁grand m other , ▁Marie ▁de ' ▁Med ici , ▁the ▁Dow ager ▁Queen ▁of ▁France , ▁both ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁C athol ics . ▁At ▁birth , ▁Charles ▁automatically ▁became ▁Duke ▁of ▁Corn wall ▁and ▁Duke ▁of ▁Roth es ay , ▁along ▁with ▁several ▁other ▁associated ▁titles . ▁At ▁or ▁around ▁his ▁e ighth ▁birth day , ▁he ▁was ▁designated ▁Prince ▁of ▁Wales , ▁though