King Charles Spaniel
![A small black and brown dog with long ears sits and looks upwards. It has a short stubby muzzle.](/Images/godic/202502/17/King_Charles_Spaniel_2002951.jpg")
![Portrait of Queen Mary I and King Philip of England by Hans Eworth (1558)](/Images/godic/202502/17/Felipe_of_Spain_and_MariaTudor2951.jpg")
![Five children of King Charles I of England (1637) by Anthony van Dyck, featuring a spaniel of the era at the bottom right](/Images/godic/202502/17/Anthony_van_Dyck_-_Five_Eldest_Children_of_Charles_I_-_Google_Art_Project2951.jpg")
![Portrait of a King Charles Spaniel, by Jean-Baptiste Huet 1778](/Images/godic/202502/17/Jean-Baptiste_Huet._-_Portrait_of_a_King_Charles_Spaniel2952.jpg")
The King Charles Spaniel (also known as the English Toy Spaniel) is a small dog breed of the spaniel type. In 1903, the Kennel Club combined four separate toy spaniel breeds under this single title. The other varieties merged into this breed were the Blenheim, Ruby and Prince Charles Spaniels, each of which contributed one of the four colours available in the breed.