STUARTS:

Charles the First, 1625 to 1649

The Martyr

BORN: 19 November 1600, Dunfermline Palace.
PARENTS: James I (1566 - 1625),
Anne of Denmark (1574 - 1619).
MARRIED: Henrietta Maria of France (1609 - 69),
13 June 1625, St. Augustine's Church, Canterbury.
ACCEDED: 27 March 1625
CROWNED: 2 February 1626, Westminster Abbey.
DIED: 30 January 1649,
Whitehall, London.
INTERRED: St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
CHILDREN: (1) Charles James, Duke of Cornwall (1629 - died same day)
(2) Charles II (1630 - 85)
(3) Mary Henrietta, Princess Royal (mother of William III) (1631 - 60)
(4) James II (1633 - 1701)
(5) Elizabeth (1635 - 50)
(6) Anne (1637 - 40)
(7) Catherine (1639 - died same day)
(8) Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1640 - 60)
(9) Henrietta Anne (1644 - 70)

COEVAL
PERSONS:
Opponent:
Oliver Cromwell

Archbishops of Canterbury:
John Whitgift
Richard Bancroft
George Abbot

NOTABLE
EVENTS:
The English Civil War.
Execution of Charles I, 30 January 1649.

Contemporary portrait of Charles the First