MARRIAGE TO HENRIETTA MARIA

Charles was crowned on 2 February 1626, aged 25. He had married Henrietta
Maria of France the previous year.

execution of Charles I outside the Banqueting House

Tuesday, 30 January 1649[b] outside the Banqueting House on Whitehall. The execution was the
culmination of political and military conflicts between the royalists and
the parliamentarians in England during the English Civil War,
A plate depicting the Trial of Charles I in January 1649,
Oliver Cromwell leading his Parliamentarian forces at the Battle of Naseby in the English Civil
War.

On one side were supporters of the king (Charles I) and on the other were supporters
of Parliament (led by Oliver Cromwell

). The Civil War resulted in the execution of Charles followed by 11 years of a

commonwealth..

Charles Stuart
oliver Cromwell

 He was the prime mover behind the decision to execute the King in 1649
and the establishment of the Commonwealth.

“No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.”

KING CHARLES’s words

Oliver Cromwell’s words

King Charles’ Portrait

Olive Cromwell’s portrait

Oliver Cromwell leading his

Parliamentarian forces at the
Battle of Naseby in the English Civil War.
The trial of king Charles
1 in January 1649

Execution of Charles I
outside the Banqueting House