Although British, I know very little about the country's 'rulers' as I regard the monarchy as a rather silly waste of money (a view reinforced by this research).
I am working on the subjects in reverse chronological order and it is fair to say, having reached the middle 1600's, that the further back we go, the more convoluted the stories (in terms of ancestry, progeny and succession) become, but that does not make the current crew any more acceptable.
Wednesday 12 October 2011
[Richard Cromwell]
1658-1659
Oliver's son, ineffective Richard, succeeded him briefly, then the Long Parliament was reinstated in 1659, dissolved itself and a Convention Parliament elected which restored Charles I's eldest son to the monarchy as Charles II.
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