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Arbella Stuart as a child. Arbella's father died in 1576 when she was an infant. She was raised by her mother Elizabeth Cavendish, Countess of Lennox, until 1582. [3] The death of her mother left seven-year-old Arbella an orphan, whereupon she became the ward of her grandmother Bess, rather than Lord Burghley, the Master of the Court of Wards, as might have been expected.
Name Portrait Birth Death Marriages and issue King Charles II of England: 29 May 1630: 6 February 1685: Married Catherine of Braganza in 1662. No legitimate liveborn issue. had illegitimate issue from various mistresses Mary, Princess Royal: 4 November 1631: 24 December 1660: Married William II, Prince of Orange (1626–1650) in 1641.
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 VI of Scotland, but after his father inherited the English throne in 1603, he moved to England, where he spent much of the rest of his life.
The following day, 30 January, Charles I was beheaded outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall; [2] [4] Charles II went into exile. [2] The English monarchy was replaced with, at first, the Commonwealth of England (1649–1653) and then the Protectorate (1653–1659) under Cromwell's personal rule.
of England: Louis XIII 1601–1643 King of France: House of Hanover: Charles Duke of Cornwall 1629: King Charles II 1630–1685 r. 1649–1651 r. 1660–1685 (Scotland) r. 1660–1685 (England) Catherine of Braganza 1638–1705 Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland: William II 1626–1650 Prince of Orange: Mary Princess Royal 1631–1660 ...
Next on the royal family tree is Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, the first-born son of Prince Charles and his late wife, Diana, Princess of Wales. By virtue of his being male, from the moment ...
King of England r. 1547–1553: Elizabeth I 1533–1603 Queen of England r. 1558–1603: Henry Stuart 1545–1567 Lord Darnley: Mary I 1542–1587 Queen of Scots r. 1542–1567: James VI and I 1566–1625 King of Scots r. 1567–1625 King of England r. 1603–1625: Elizabeth 1596–1662 Electress Palatine: Charles I 1600–1649 King of England ...
The Jacobite succession stemmed from the death of Charles II in 1685. When Charles’ younger brother James, Duke of York became king as James II of England and VII of Scotland, concerns arose that James, a recent Catholic convert, would return England to Catholicism, especially after the birth of a son, James Francis Edward Stuart , who would ...