What King Charles I of 1640s England might have to say to Mitch McConnell in 2020 | Opinion Fine-grained political quibbling is rarely forgotten by its victims. Witness the lengths the British ...

“Saint Margaret,” a Titian painting owned by King Charles I of England and given to his plumber, is expected to sell for up to $3 million at a Sotheby’s sale.

The Society commemorates the life and death of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland, who was beheaded in front of the Banqueting House at Whitehall Palace in London on January 30, 1649.

Charles I’s reign ended as badly as it possibly could, with the defeat of his armies, the loss of all his power, and, on a chilly morning in January 1649, the removal of his head.

On January 6, 1649, the Parliament of England voted to put Charles I on trial for high treason following the English Civil War. Prior to the vote, a group of soldiers purged Parliament of Members they ...