Charles I of England
Monarch
1600 – 1649
Who was Charles I of England?
Charles I was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.
Charles was 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. He became heir apparent to the English, Irish and Scottish thrones on the death of his elder brother in 1612. An unsuccessful and unpopular attempt to marry him to a Spanish Habsburg princess culminated in an eight-month visit to Spain in 1623 that demonstrated the futility of the marriage negotiations. Two years later he married the Bourbon princess Henrietta Maria of France instead.
After his succession, Charles quarrelled with the Parliament of England, which sought to curb his royal prerogative. Charles believed in the divine right of kings and thought he could govern according to his own conscience. Many of his subjects opposed his policies, in particular the levying of taxes without parliamentary consent, and perceived his actions as those of a tyrannical absolute monarch.
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- Born
- Nov 19, 1600
Dunfermline Palace - Also known as
- Charles I
- Charles
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Henrietta Maria of France
(1625/05/11 - )
- Henrietta Maria of France
- Children
- Religion
- Protestantism
- Anglicanism
- Nationality
- Kingdom of England
- Died
- Jan 30, 1649
Palace of Whitehall - Resting place
- St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
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on July 23, 2013
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