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[[File:Charles II of England.jpeg|thumb|right|Charles II.]]
The '''descendants of [[Charles II of England]]''',  [[House of Stuart|Stuart monarch]] of the [[Kingdom of England]], [[Kingdom of Scotland]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland]], are numerous; lines of his many illegitimate children exist to this day. Though Charles's wife [[Catherine of Braganza]] was barren, he stayed with her but had numerous [[mistresses]]. Some of Charles's illegitimate children were born before his marriage. This article deals with the most senior figures who were descended from Charles' illegitimate male children; the names of his daughters are also mentioned.  

Although some of Charles' children made claims to the throne, most notably his first son [[James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth]], their illegitimacy meant that after Charles' death, his brother [[James II of England|James, Duke of York]] became king instead. Over the years several of Charles' senior descendants have made names for themselves, including [[Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton]] who became [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]], [[cricket]] pioneer [[Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Ri(contracted; show full)90|| [[File:1st Duke of Grafton.jpg|100px|Henry]] ||28 September 1663<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal02307|publisher= Directory of Royal Genealogical Data: [[University of Hull]]|title= Fitzroy, Henry, Duke of Grafton 1st|accessdate=2008-03-21 }}</ref><br />son of [[Charles II of England]] and [[Barbara Villiers, 1st Duchess of Cleveland|Barbara Palmer, Countess of Castlemaine]]||[[Isabella FitzRoy, Duchess of Grafton]]<br />1 August 1672
]]<br />2 children||9 October 1690<br />aged 27
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| '''[[Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton]]'''<br />1690–1757|| ||25 October 1683<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal02305|publisher= Directory of Royal Genealogical Data: [[University of Hull]]|title=  Fitzroy, Charles, Duke of Grafton 2nd|accessdate=2008-03-21 }}</ref><br />son of [[Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton]] and [[Isabella FitzRoy, Duchess(contracted; show full)== Child by Moll Davis ==
The two had one daughter; Lady Mary Tudor. Mary went on to marry [[Edward Radclyffe, 2nd Earl of Derwentwater]]; after Edward's death, she married Henry Graham, and upon his death she married James Rooke.

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