Charles I and Civil War

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Charles I and Civil War

• Anna Maria Viinalass
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Charles I (1600 1649)

• King of England, Scotland, Ireland (from 1625
  until his execution in 1649)
• 2-nd son of James VI
• Catholic king
• tensions with Parliament - unpopularity
• Wife - Henrietta Maria of France

Charles I and Henrietta Maria
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Henrietta Maria of France

• 24-year old Charles married 15-year-old Henrietta
  Maria in 1625
• Catholic - unpopular in England
• youngest daughter of King Henry IV of France and
  his second wife, Marie de' Medici

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Charles I

• William Laud Archbishop of Canterbury
• Dissolved Parliament 3 times (1625-1629)
• Personal rule of 11 years
• money problams, prayer book rebellions
• The supporters of king and the supporters of
  Parliament
• Charles I - beheaded in 1649

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The Civil war (1642-1660)

• 1-st major battle in 1642 (at Edgehill in the
  Cotswolds)
• Cavaliers and Roundheads
• Parliament - upper hand in 1645
• The army of Royalists - defeated by Oliver
  Cromwell
• New model of army

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Oliver Cromwell (1599 1658)

• Unable to find anything to replace the monarchy
• Bad leader, dictator
• Died in 1658
• After him comes Richard and then Charles II

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Information

• http//www.britannica.com
• http//aare.pri.ee
• http//www.artpictures.co.uk/gidt1197.htm
• http//en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/4238
• http//gatekeepkey.org

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