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Based on the earliest European depiction of the execution. [a] [1] Charles I, the king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, was executed on Tuesday, 30 January 1649 [b] outside the Banqueting House on Whitehall, London. The execution, carried out by beheading the king, was the culmination of political and military conflicts between the ...
Learn about the events that led to the beheading of a monarch in 1649, from his controversial actions and trial to his final moments and legacy. Explore the sources, stories and objects related to the execution of Charles I at Royal Museums Greenwich.
Learn about the life, trial and death of Charles I, the controversial king who faced civil war and execution in 1649. Discover his personal qualities, his belief in the Divine Right of Kings, and his final farewells to his children.
- January 30, 1649
17. Feb. 2011 · The Execution of Charles I. By Professor Ann Hughes. Last updated 2011-02-17. How could a nation execute its King? Professor Ann Hughes uncovers the background to an extraordinary chapter...
25. Mai 2024 · Charles I (born November 19, 1600, Dunfermline Palace, Fife, Scotland—died January 30, 1649, London, England) was the king of Great Britain and Ireland (1625–49), whose authoritarian rule and quarrels with Parliament provoked a civil war that led to his execution.
- Charles I was the king of Great Britain and Ireland from 1625 to 1649. Like his father, James I, and grandmother Mary, Queen of Scots, Charles I ru...
- Charles I was born in 1600 to James VI of Scotland (who later became James I) and Anne of Denmark. He was a sickly child and was devoted to his bro...
- When his brother, Henry, died in 1612, Charles became heir to the throne. He formed an alliance with the duke of Buckingham. In the last 18 months...
- From the beginning of his reign, Charles I demonstrated a distrust of the House of Commons. Parliament was critical of his government, condemning h...
- On January 20, 1649, Charles I was brought before a specially constituted court and charged with high treason and “other high crimes against the re...
2. März 2010 · Learn about the beheading of King Charles I in London on January 30, 1649, after the English civil war. Find out how Oliver Cromwell and his New Model Army defeated the Royalist forces and abolished the monarchy.
2. Feb. 2009 · How and why was the king beheaded in 1649? Blair Worden explores the causes, consequences and controversies of the regicide that transformed England and its monarchy.
