English King Charles I, 1649 Figurine- W. Britain Miniatures

Charles I was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles believed in the divine right of kings and ruled as such, leading to quarrels between the English and Scottish parliaments. Charles fought their armies during the English Civil War (1642–45) and was ultimately defeated. He surrendered but refused to accept his captors’ demands for a constitutional monarchy. Charles escaped, and the Royalists rose in May 1648, igniting the Second Civil War. By August, Parliament’s New Model Army put down the uprising, making a return to mediation Charles’s only recourse. Parliament voted to continue negotiations, but Oliver Cromwell and the army opposed further talks with a “bloody tyrant.” In January 1649, Charles was tried for high treason, convicted, and beheaded.

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