Stuart, Charles
From AngloScottish
Dates | 1604-1649 | ||
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Location | London | ||
Vocation | King of Great Britain and Ireland | ||
Place of Birth | Dunfermline | ||
Marriage | Henrietta Maria | ||
Issue | Charles; Mary; James; Elizabeth; Anne; Henry; Henrietta | ||
Place of birth | Source | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
King of Great Britain and Ireland (1625-1649). Defeated by Scottish Covenanters in Bishops Wars (1639-1640), and by English Parliament in English Civil Wars (1642-1646, 1648). Lost control of Ireland to Catholic Confederates (1641). Executed for treason (1649).