* The Cavalier was a favorite of King Charles I of Britain (the breed's namesake).

* When the house of Stuart fell, it became a political liability to be associated with the dogs of King Charles (the Tudors favored the Pug), and the Cavalier breed became extremely rare.

* Queen Victoria brought back the breed, but the Cavalier had changed radically from its original form; the original version of the breed had all but disappeared.

* In 1928, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club was founded in England in attempts to support a revival of the "Old Type", and since then, the dog has grown to become one of the most popular breeds in Great Britain.

* The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is AKC's 140th breed. The Cavalier became fully recognized by the AKC in January 1996.


* The Cavalier was featured on the hit HBO series, "Sex and the City", as Charlotte York's dog and the Cavalier played the character "Polly Purebred" in the movie "Under Dog".

Links:

http://www.ackcsc.org/
Official web site for the American Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club, Inc., an AKC Member Club and the AKC Parent Club for the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel in the USA.

http://www.ckcsc.org/
The CKCSC - USA. Inc. is the original registry for Cavalier King Charles Spaniels in the United States. The club was founded in 1954 and currently has over 2000 members.

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Some of the Celebrities who have owned Cavaliers: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Brad Paisley, Diane Sawyer, Amanda Bynes, Teri Hatcher, Courtney Cox, Liv Tyler, Princess Margaret, Lauren Bacall, Sylvester Stallone, Frank Sinatra, Katherine McPhee, President Ronald Reagan, Mickey Rooney, Kirk Douglas, Michael J. Fox, Tracey Ullman, Willie Aames, Clare Danes, Jerry O'Connell, Britney Murphy, Mischa Barton, Mary Hart.