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Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) [a] was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.. Charles was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland, but after his father inherited the English throne in 1603, he moved to England, where he spent much of the rest of his life.
There have been 13 British monarchs since the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707.England and Scotland had been in personal union since 24 March 1603; while the style, "King of Great Britain" first arose at that time, legislatively the title came into force in 1707.
Iola Price Ahl (1970), Opposing Theories of Succession to the English Throne, 1681-1714; Howard Nenner (1995), The Right to be King: the succession to the Crown of England, 1603-1714, University of North Carolina Press, ISBN 9780807822470; Jason L. Craig (1998), A Historiographical Look at the Succession to the English Throne
Charles II was the eldest surviving child of Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland and Henrietta Maria of France. After Charles I's execution at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War, the Parliament of Scotland proclaimed Charles II king on 5 February 1649.
[a] [1] Charles I, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, was executed on Tuesday, 30 January 1649 [b] outside the Banqueting House on Whitehall, London. The execution was the culmination of political and military conflicts between the royalists and the parliamentarians in England during the English Civil War, leading to the capture and trial ...
About Wikipedia; Contact us; Contribute ... Cultural depictions of Charles I of England (1 C, 38 P) E. English churches dedicated to King Charles the Martyr (2 P) F.
Became king Thomas of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk: Heir presumptive Half-brother 8 July 1307 Brother became king 13 November 1312 Son born to king Edward II: Edward of Windsor, Earl of Chester: Heir apparent Son 13 November 1312 Born 25 January 1327 Father abdicated, became king John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall: Heir presumptive Brother 25 ...
Charles of England may refer to the following monarchs of England and later the United Kingdom: Charles I of England (1600–1649), King of England from 1625; Charles II of England (1630–1685), King of England from 1660; Charles III (born 1948), King of the United Kingdom since 2022