Stuart, Charles

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Dates 1604-1649
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).