Watch Game Of Kings: The Stuarts, A Bloody Reign

King James II succeeded his brother King Charles II in 1685, but attempts were made to prevent him from taking the throne.

Oliver Cromwells Commonwealth comes to an end soon after his death in 1660 and an exiled king returns to London with an enormous fanfare King Charles IIs reign is a dramatic shift away from the rule of the Puritans that precede him but the dual tragedies of the Plague and the Great Fire of London strike the nations heart

King Charles I succeeds his father King James I in 1625. The ties between the Wynn family and the ruling Stuarts grows ever closer.

Following the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, King James VI of Scotland claims her throne along with a new title of King James I of England.