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Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen
Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen (1769-1832) - French general and governor of Ile-de-France (Mauritius). Commander of the Army of Catalonia during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815).

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Charles II and the English Restoration (The Stuarts: Part Three)
http://www.tomrichey.net/euro Soon after the death of Oliver Cromwell, the Commonwealth government collapsed and Charles II, the son of the executed Charles I, was invited to return to England and restore the monarchy. Charles II, known...

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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Bénévent
Portrait of Talleyrand, oil on canvas by François Gérard, 1808.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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Portrait of Louis-Charles in the Temple, 1793
Portrait of Louis-Charles, dauphin of France (1785-1795) who was recognized by royalists as King Louis XVII of France, during his imprisonment in the Tower of the Temple. In July 1793, he was separated from his family to be "reeducated" in...

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Southern Chivalry: The Caning of Charles Sumner
Southern Chivalry: The Caning of Charles Sumner, depicting the attack on abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner by pro-slavery Senator Preston Brooks in the US Senate, lithograph by John L. Magee, 1856.
Boston Public Library.

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The Comte d'Artois, Later Charles X of France
Charles Philippe de France, comte d'Artois (1757-1836), during the French Revolution, oil on canvas painting by Henri-Pierre Danloux, 1798. As the youngest brother of King Louis XVI, Artois was one of the first emigres to flee France after...

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Archduke Charles of Austria at the Battle of Aspern-Essling, May 1809
Archduke Charles of Austria (center) issues orders during the Battle of Aspern-Essling (21-22 May 1809). At Aspern-Essling, Archduke Charles becomes the first European military commander to score a major victory against Napoleon himself...

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Charles Martel
Charles Martel divides the realm between Pepin and Carloman. Illuminated manuscript from the Grandes Chroniques de France. Ms. fr. 2615, fol. 72.
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris.

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Warrant for the Execution of Charles I
The signed and sealed death warrant for the execution of Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) in London on 30 January 1649.
National Archives, London.

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Charles II of England as a Child
A 1642 painting by William Dobson of the future Charles II of England (r. 1660-1685 CE). (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh)