Brief History of King Charles (1600-1649)

Charles the first was born in Fife on November 19th, 1600. At birth, Charles was not directly in line to inherit the throne. He had an older brother, Henry, who later died in 1612, giving Charles direct line to the throne. Charles was crowned king on March 27th 1635, after the death of his father. Although most of England was Protestant at the time, he married catholic Henrietta Maria. Although there were religious problems between Catholics and Protestants, …

…their armies in and wipe out Cromwells troops. In 1649, the parliament decided to put Charles on trial for waging war on his people and for high treason. Three days later, he had his head cut off on a scaffolding outside of the house in Whitehall, London. The King was buried on February 9th at Windsor. One can only imagine what England would be like today if Charles had won the civil war and abolished parliament.