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| - Charles I was king of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles' attempts to impose an absolute monarchy in England against the interests of Parliament and the landed gentry, along with his apparent sympathies with Roman Catholicism, made him highly unpopular among large segments of English society. His actions sparked a civil war against the forces of Parliament in 1642 that eventually led to his downfall. The war ended with his execution for high treason, the abolition of the monarchy, and the institution of a military dictatorship under the rule of the puritanical Oliver Cromwell: the monarchy was later restored after Cromwell's death by Charles' son, Charles II of England.
- Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles famously engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England. He was an advocate of the Divine Right of Kings, and many in England feared that he was attempting to gain absolute power. Many of his actions, particularly the levying of taxes without Parliament's consent, caused widespread opposition, and ultimately a period of Civil War, which saw Charles captured, tried and executed. The monarchy was abolished in Britain until the restoration of his son, Charles II, in 1660.
- Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) 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.
- Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. He famously engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England. As he was an advocate of the Divine Right of Kings, many in England feared that he was attempting to gain absolute power. There was widespread opposition to many of his actions, especially the levying of taxes without Parliament's consent. Charles is also the only person to be canonized by the Church of England since the English Reformation.
- Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649), was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from March 1625 until his execution in January 1649. Charles famously engaged in a struggle for power with the Parliament of England. He was an advocate of the Divine Right of Kings, which was the belief that kings received their power from God. This Divine Right of Kings could not be taken away (unlike the similar Mandate of Heaven), even if he was stripped of his power. Many subjects of England feared that he was attempting to gain absolute power. Many of his actions, particularly the levying of taxes without Parliament's consent, caused widespread opposition.
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