Full name: Charles I Born: 19th November 1600 Place of Birth:  Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline Ascended to the throne:  27th March 1625, aged 24 years Crowned:  2nd February 1626, at Westminster Abbey Reign:  23 years Died:  30th January 1649, Palace of Whitehall, London

Charles was born 19th November 1600, to James VI of Scotland, and Anne of Denmark.

In 1603, his father became king of England and Ireland. In 1612, Charles became heir to the throne.

Charles acceded to the throne in 1625, and married Henrietta Maria of France.

After dissolving parliament several times, he finally dismissed them to rule alone in 1629. He became increasingly unpopular, due to the fact that without parliament he had to raise money other ways.

He was later forced to call parliament to fund fighting the Scots, who were uneasy about him ruling alone. There was further dispute in 1641, when arguments occurred over the command of an army to suppress an uprising in Ireland.

Charles tried to have several members of parliament arrested.

Civil war broke out in 1642. Thanks to an alliance between the Scots and parliament, the Royalists were defeated between 1645, and 1646. Charles surrendered to the Scots, and was handed over to parliament in 1646.

He escaped to the Isle of Wight in 1647, and caused a second civil War. Many MP's thought that with the King around, there would never be peace, so they put him on trial for treason.

Charles I was executed in 1649, after being found guilty of treason.