Charles I King of England 
Charles I was born on November 19th, 1600 in Dunfermline Castle, Scotland.1 Charles I's father was James VI- I King of England and his mother was Anna Oldenburg. His paternal grandparents were Henry Stuart Lord Darnley and Mary Stuart Queen of Scotland; his maternal grandparents were Frederick II King of Denmark and Sophia von Mecklenburg-Gustrow. He had two brothers and four sisters, named Robert Bruce Stuart, Henry Frederick Stuart, Elizabeth, Margaret, Mary and Sophia. He died in Whitehall Palace, London, England.General Notes
Acceded 1625-1649.
Charles I (reigned 1625-49) was a shy, aloof man who lacked the qualities necessary to make him a successful ruler. Parliament refused to grant him taxes for his wars against France and Spain and he raised money by other means such as forced loans. His third Parliament criticised his management of the wars and condemned his illegal taxation, whereupon he dissolved Parliament and for the next 11 years governed without it.
In 1640 Charles was forced to call Parliament to pay for his war against the Scots on whom he was trying to impose an Anglican prayer book. Parliament overturned many of Charles's policies but had no wish to overthrow the King. However, Charles's attempt to arrest five leading members of the House of Commons, and a Roman Catholic rebellion in Ireland (which sharpened the debate over the command of the army) helped to push the King and Parliament apart. In 1642 civil war broke out.
By 1647 the King's army had been defeated. Attempts were made to reach a settlement but after Charles's escape and a renewal of the war, the leaders of the Parliamentary army determined that the King should be put on trial. In January 1649 he was tried for waging war on his people, condemned to death and executed at Whitehall in London.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- d.09 Sep 1513 in Flodden
- b.~ 1495 d.04 Sep 1526 in Manuel, near Linlithgow Palace, Scotland
- b.1479
- b.21 Sep 1516 in Dumbarton Castle, Scotland d.04 Sep 1571 in Stirling Castle
- b.~ 1499
- b.07 Dec 1545 in Temple Newsom, Yorkshire, England d.9 FEB 1566/67 in Kirk o'Field, Edinburgh, Scotland
- b.1490 d.1577
- b.08 Oct 1515 in Harbottle Castle, Northumberland d.9 MAR 1576/77 in Hackney, Middlesex, England
- b.28 JAN 1456/57 in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, England d.21 Apr 1509 in Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England
- b.29 Nov 1489 in Westminster Palace, London, England d.18 Oct 1541 in Methven Castle, Scotland
- b.11 FEB 1465/66 in Westminster Palace, London, England d.11 FEB 1502/03 in Tower of London, London, England
- b.19 Jun 1566 in Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland d.27 Mar 1625 in Theobalds Park, Hertfordshire, England
- b.1453 in Scotland d.11 Jun 1488 in Scotland
- b.17 MAR 1472/73 in Stirling Castle, Scotland d.09 Sep 1513 in Battle of Flodden Field, Northumberland
- b.1456 in Norway d.1486 in Scotland
- b.10 Apr 1512 in Linlithgow Palace, Scotland d.14 Dec 1542 in Falkland Castle, Scotland
- b.28 JAN 1456/57 in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, England d.21 Apr 1509 in Richmond Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England
- b.29 Nov 1489 in Westminster Palace, London, England d.18 Oct 1541 in Methven Castle, Scotland
- b.11 FEB 1465/66 in Westminster Palace, London, England d.11 FEB 1502/03 in Tower of London, London, England
- b.07 Dec 1542 in Linlithgow, Scotland d.8 FEB 1586/87 in Frotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England
- b.1496 in France
- b.1515 in France d.1560 in Scotland
- b. in France
- b.19 Nov 1600 in Dunfermline Castle, Scotland d.30 JAN 1648/49 in Whitehall Palace, London, England
- b.01 Jul 1534 in Haderslev, Denmark d.04 Apr 1588 in Antvorslev Castle
- b.14 Oct 1574 in Skanderborg Castle, Denmark d.2 MAR 1618/19 in Hampton Court Palace
- b.04 Sep 1557 in Wismar d.04 Oct 1631 in Nykobing
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Details of Charles I's family with Henrietta Maria de Bourbon
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