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Charles I ruled from 1625 until he was executed in 1649, and his son Charles II ruled from 1660 until 1685- although he technically became king when his father was executed, he was unable to take the throne until after the end of Cromwell's Commonwealth.

If the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, passes away, her son Charles could become Charles III: when a British monarch is crowned, they get to choose the regnal name they will use- if you've seen The King's Speech, you'll remember that King George VI was originally named Albert (or "Bertie" by his close friends/family).

Another little wrinkle is the Jacobite pretenders. A "pretender" in this sense means someone who claims a position, like king, that they can't have- either because someone else has it and they're unable to take it from that person; or because it no longer exists.

Charles II's brother became King James II after Charles's death. James II, who was an unpopular Catholic king in a Protestant country, was eventually overthrown by William and Mary during the "Glorious Revolution" in 1688-1689. Because James hadn't officially abdicated, his family and supporters, called "Jacobites" (from the Latin "Jacobus", meaning "James") considered him to still be king. There were some battles as he and his descendants tried to retake the throne, but they always wound up losing. The last major Jacobite pretender was named Charles Stuart (sometimes nicknamed "Bonnie Prince Charlie"), and Jacobite supporters consider him to have been king (although he never technically ruled).

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