charles i

     

On the run following the siege of Oxford, he surrendered May 5, 1646 near Newark on Trent

Trivia about charles i

  • Like his grandmother, Mary, Queen of Scots, this king was beheaded
  • It wasn't the barber who took a little off the top of this English king
  • On January 30, 1649 this English king lost his head, literally
  • John Bradshaw presided over the high court that sentenced this British king to death in 1649
  • This British king was executed at Whitehall Palace on Jan. 30, 1649
  • After the Long Parliament was purged in 1648, the Rump Parliament brought charges against this king
  • When he was executed on Jan. 30, 1649, the chopping block was so low he had to lie down rather than kneel
  • In "The Musgrave Ritual", Holmes recovers the lost crown of this king deposed in 1649
  • John Bradshaw was president of the court that condemned this English king to death in 1649
  • In 1638 early Strawberry Banke settlers drew up a covenant & declared allegiance to this Stuart monarch
  • William was born in 1650, the year after this king, his maternal grandfather, was beheaded
  • A New Haven, Conn. cave was the hideout of the judges who had signed this king's death warrant in 1649
  • Even his jester Muckle John couldn't cheer up this king when he was beheaded in 1649
  • Van Dyck did paintings of this Stuart king "On Horseback" & with Henrietta Maria & their children
  • The "rump" parliament wanted him to be the last king England would ever name
  • "Carolus Stuardus" by Andreas Gryphius is about this executed king of England
  • The Flemish artist Anthony van Dyck was court painter to this doomed English king & was knighted by him
  • It's 1649 & this king is lookin' kind of tired out...yep, here comes Oliver Cromwell to give him the hook
  • On March 10, 1629 this king dissolved Parliament, leading to his eventual downfall & demise
  • On a day's notice on April 3, 1625, Donne preached the first sermon before this new king
  • A vault at St. George's chapel, Windsor contains the remains of this king buried in 2 pieces
  • Both Carolinas were named for this English monarch

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