King charles the first new biography
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Charles I of England
King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1625 to 1649
| Charles I | |
|---|---|
| Reign | 27 March 1625 – 30 January 1649 |
| Coronation | 2 February 1626 |
| Predecessor | James I |
| Successor | |
| Reign | 27 March 1625 – 30 January 1649 |
| Coronation | 18 June 1633 |
| Predecessor | James VI |
| Successor | Charles II |
| Born | 19 November 1600 Dunfermline Palace, Dunfermline, Scotland |
| Died | 30 January 1649(1649-01-30) (aged 48) Whitehall, Westminster, England |
| Cause of death | Execution by decapitation |
| Burial | 9 February 1649 St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England |
| Spouse | |
| Issue more... | |
| House | Stuart |
| Father | James oss and I |
| Mother | Anne of Denmark |
| Religion | Protestant |
| Signature | |
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649)[a] was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.
Charles was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James oss of Scot
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The 13 Best Books About King Charles and Queen Camilla
The Making of a King: King Charles III and the Modern Monarchy
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One of the newest books on this list, The Making of a King pulls back the curtain on Charles's first year as monarch. "One of the things I was particularly keen to find out was that moment when he became king," Hardman tells T&C. "We all know that Elizabeth was famously in the branches of a giant fig tree in Aberdare National Park in Kenya when the moment came. The famous story that will go down in history: The princess who went up the tree as the princess and came down a queen—that is part of royal folklore. I wanted to find out, where was Charles, what was going on? The fact was he was at the wheel of a car, he was in the driver's seat when he became king, he literally was driving." Read an interview with Hardman here.
Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life
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The Duke and Duchess of Windsor released their memoirs in 1951 and 1956, respectively. The Duke of Windsor’s autobiography, A King’s Story, charts his early youth at Sandringham, his years at Naval School on the Isle of Wight and his time at Magdalen College, Oxford, and takes in his military service during World War I before he ascended the throne on the death of his father George V, in 1936. Crucially for royal watchers, it also documents his ‘lonely’ stint as king and his decision to marry the then Wallis Simpson against the wishes of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.
Frontispiece to 'Eikon Basilike' (a version of William Marshall's design)
Sepia Times/Getty ImagesFive years later, the Duchess of Windsor published The Heart Has Its Reasons, which discusses her first two marriages - first to US Navy pilot Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. then to American-born British shipbroker Ernest Simpson - as well as her time with King Edward VIII. The book also touches on the couple’s cont