Last Updated: 30 Jan, 2023 | Views: 95
Age: 48
Profession: Historical Men
Famous For: King of England
About (Profile/Biography):
Charles I was the monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland from March 27, 1625, and his death in 1649. After his father's ascension to the English throne in 1603, the second son of King James VI of Scotland and a member of the House of Stuart immigrated to England and lived there for the most of the rest of his life.
Charles I of England History:
He was recognised as the sole heir to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland upon the death of his older brother, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, in 1612. An eight-month tour to Spain in 1623 that highlighted the failure of the marriage negotiation was the culmination of a failed and unpopular endeavor to marry him to the Spanish Habsburg princess Maria Anna. Two years later, he married Henrietta Maria of the Bourbons, a French princess.
Charles I of England Cause of Death:
King Charles I travelled from this hall to the scaffold in Whitehall, where he was assassinated on January 30, 1649, by exiting a window that was almost directly over this tablet.
Charles I of England Family Tree:
He is the second surviving son of King James I of England and the second in line to the then newly enthroned House of Stuart.
Charles I of England Accomplishments:
England was left with a very significant legacy by King Charles I. England was compelled to take away nearly all of the power granted to the king and transfer it to the parliament as a result of Charles' religious, army, and political actions. England significantly grew in its democracy.
Charles I of England Successor:
Charles's son Charles II was succeeded to the throne in 1660 following the Interregnum, an eleven-year period of Parliamentary rule.
Charles I of England Facts:
Charles acquired the entire collection of the Duke of Mantua in 1627 and 1628, including works by Titian, Del Sarto, Correggio, Caravaggio, Raphael, and Mantegna.
