Brief History of King Charles (1600-1649)

Charles the first was born in Fife on November 19th, 1600. At birth, Charles was not directly in line to inherit the throne. He had an older brother, Henry, who later died in 1612, giving Charles direct line to the throne. Charles was crowned king on March 27th 1635, after the death of his father. Although most of England was Protestant at the time, he married catholic Henrietta Maria. Although there were religious problems between Catholics and Protestants, it would be trouble with parliament that would eventually kill him. Charles had inherited disagreements with parliament from his fath…