[Egmond Codfried]

[Charles II Stuart, named The Black Boy]

Charles' appearance was anything but English, with his sensuous curling mouth, dark complexion, black hair and dark brown eyes, he much resembled his Italian maternal grandmother, Marie de Medici's side of the family. During his escape after the Battle of Worcester, he was referred to as 'a tall, black man' in parliamentary wanted posters. One of the nick-names he acquired was the black boy His height, at six feet two inches, probably inherited from his Danish paternal grandmother, Anne of Denmark, also set him apart from his contemporaries in a time when the average Englishman was far smaller than today.

[Anne of Denmark]

http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/stuart_3.htm

http://www.blackboysinn.co.uk/?page=about-us

http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/...the-black-boy/

http://wapedia.mobi/en/Black_Boy_Island