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Charles I of England
Charles I was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.
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politics · King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1625 to 1649 · politician · art collector · monarch · also Charles I of England, King Charles the Martyr, King Charles I, Charles the 1st, England
Born 19 November 1600 · Died 30 January 1649 · Q81506
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2026· 14 entries
BBC: Calm, classy but no century - brilliant Masood frustrates England
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BBC: Diving duo - Lawrence and Cox produce brilliant catches for England
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BBC: England march to early win over Pakistan held up by rain
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Sky Sports: England closing in on emphatic series sweep of Pakistan
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BBC: Smith racks up England's fourth half-century of the innings
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The Guardian: ‘Football saved Dad’s life’: meet the coach of the England women’s Parkinson’s team
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BBC: England humble hapless Pakistan on opening day of final Test
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BBC: Royalist locket to mourn King Charles I found in Oswestry is treasure
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The Guardian: ‘The noise was unbelievable’: the referee’s view of Mexico v England at the World Cup
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“from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown.”
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“but I must tell you that their liberty and freedom consists in having government ... It is not their having a share in the government; that is nothing appertaining unto them. A subject and a sovereign are clean different things.”
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BBC: Start of England's community rugby season postponed
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BBC: 'Dad rang and I was like: What's happening?' - England U20s boss on Uefa threat
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2009· 1 entry
“Remark to Prince Rupert of the Rhine in 1646, just before surrendering to the Scots. As quoted in Early Modern England: A Narrative History (2009) by Robert Bucholz and Newton Key, p. 258”
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1983· 1 entry
“A Proclamation for suppressing of false Rumours touching Parliament (27 March 1629), quoted in Stuart Royal Proclamations, Volume II: Royal Proclamations of King Charles I 1625–1646, ed. John F. Larkin (1983), pp. 227-228”
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1935· 1 entry
“Letter to Pope Gregory XV (20 April 1623), quoted in Sir Charles Petrie (ed.), The Letters...of King Charles I (1935), p. 16”
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1889· 1 entry
“The King's Declaration Prefixed to the Articles of Religion (November 1628), quoted in S. R. Gardiner, The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution 1628–1660 (1889), p. 9”
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1846· 2 entries
“Letter to the Prince of Wales (26 August 1646), quoted in Letters of the Kings of England, Now First Collected from the Originals in Royal Archives, and From Other Authentic Sources, Private as well as Public, Vol. II, ed. James Orchard Halliwell (1846), pp. 417-418”
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“Letter to the Prince of Wales (26 August 1646), quoted in Letters of the Kings of England, Now First Collected from the Originals in Royal Archives, and From Other Authentic Sources, Private as well as Public, Vol. II, ed. James Orchard Halliwell (1846), p. 418”
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1838· 3 entries
“Letter to the Earl of Traquair (1 October 1639), quoted in Alexander Peterkin, Records of the Kirk of Scotland, containing the Acts and Proceedings of the General Assemblies, from the Year 1638 Downwards, as Authenticated by the Clerks of Assembly; with Notes and Historical Illustrations. Vol. I (1838), p. 236”
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“Letter to the Earl of Traquair (1 October 1639), quoted in Alexander Peterkin, Records of the Kirk of Scotland, containing the Acts and Proceedings of the General Assemblies, from the Year 1638 Downwards, as Authenticated by the Clerks of Assembly; with Notes and Historical Illustrations. Vol. I (1838), p. 237”
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“Letter to the Marquess of Hamilton (25 June 1638), quoted in Alexander Peterkin, Records of the Kirk of Scotland, containing the Acts and Proceedings of the General Assemblies, from the Year 1638 Downwards, as Authenticated by the Clerks of Assembly; with Notes and Historical Illustrations. Vol. I (1838), p. 70”
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1813· 1 entry
Suggests that the execution was carried out by an experienced headsman
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1649· 22 entries
Died 1649-01-30.
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“Princes are not bound to give an account of their Actions but to God alone.”
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“Declaration on the dissolution of Parliament (10 March 1628)”
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“[Informata dell'esecuzione di Carlo I d'Inghilterra, rispose:] Gli inglesi hanno fatto bene a tagliargli la testa; a Carlo I non serviva affatto! (Cristina di Svezia)”
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“And though it should perhaps cast all loose, (as you express;) yet We take God to witness, We have permitted them to doe many things in this Assembly, for establishing of Peace, contrary to Our Own Judgment. And if on this point a Rupture happen, We cannot help it; the fault is on their own part, which one day they may smart for. So you have in this Point Our full Resolution.”
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“A Large Declaration Concerning the Late Tumults in Scotland, from their first originalls: Together with a Particular Deduction of the seditious Practices of the prime Leaders of the Covenanters: Collected out of their owne foule Acts and Writing: By which it doth plainly appeare, that Religion was onely pretended by those Leaders, but nothing lesse intended by them (1639).”
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“Disobedience to this our Proclamation Wee had little reason to expect, because this Service-book was no new thing unto them: For it not differing from the English Service-book in any materiall point, and We supposing that the English Liturgie neither Was nor could bee displeasing to them, did likewise conceive that this Book should be as little disliked by them.”
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“Since I see all the birds are flown, I do expect from you that you will send them unto me as soon as they return hither. But, I assure you on the word of a king, I never did intend any force, but shall proceed against them in a legal and fair way, for I never meant any other.”
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“Statement in the House of Commons after failing to arrest five members (4 January 1642), from the journal of Sir Simonds d'Ewes”
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“I am no less confident, that no learned lawyer will affirm that an impeachment can lie against the King, they all going in his name: and one of their maxims is, that the King can do no wrong.”
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“Reasons for declining the jurisdiction of the High Court of Justice (21 January 1649)”
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“I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible Crown, where no disturbance can be, no disturbance in the World.”
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“Last words, said on the scaffold before his execution. (30 January, 1649).”
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“The respect and obedience that Christ and his Apostles showed to the rulers of the states they lived in is clearly shown in the Gospel. However, the idea that Christ or his Apostles ever commanded the establishment of an equal-ranking group of presbyters, in the way the Scots are trying to do, doesn't seem very debatable to me.”
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“On the scaffold before his execution. (30 January, 1649).”
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“König von England, Schottland und Irland”
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“[Ultime parole] Passo da un mondo corruttibile ad uno incorruttibile, dove c'è pace, tutta la pace possibile.”
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“I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible Crown, where no disturbances can be, no disturbances in the world.”
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“Ich bin der Märtyrer des Volkes." - Letzte Worte vor seiner Hinrichtung, 30. Januar 1649”
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“[Ultime parole] Ricordatevi.”
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“(Original engl.: "I am the martyr of the people.")”
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“You desire a preservation of the liberties; it is good, but for God's sake do not spend so much time that a foreign enemy may hazard both liberties and prerogative... Therefore go on without distrust. I must tell you so, and it is for you to believe me that sit at the helm.”
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1626· 1 entry
Career landmark: coronation.
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1625· 3 entries
Career landmark: King of Ireland (1625–1649).
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Career landmark: monarch of Scotland (1625–1649).
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Career landmark: monarch of England (1625–1649).
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1611· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Garter (1611).
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1605· 1 entry
Career landmark: Duke of York (1605–1625).
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1600· 1 entry
Born 1600-11-19.
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