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Catholic problem againWe’ve already seen how religion wreaked havoc in the lives of the Tudors. Charles IICharles II (son of Charles I) restored the monarchy after Cromwell’s so-called Republic, and his brother, who later became James IIJames II (grandson of James I), seemed at first Protestant enough. After James’ first wife died, he married a Catholic and openly converted. Parliament wasn’t able to prevent James from becoming [66]king, and when James’ first son was born, the danger that the monarchy would then have a RomanRoman CatholicRoman Catholic succession became great. James had also alienated enough of his supporters for a very different kind of revolution to begin.