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# King Charles I
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20 Facts About the Tragic Life of Charles I
England has had some truly woeful monarchs over the years. Ethelred the Unready somehow didn’t realise that paying the Vikings to stop every time they attacked his kingdom just encouraged them to…
Ancient History
Don’t Mess With Karma: 12 Tyrants Who Got What Was Coming
Karma can be a bitch. The old adage that one lives by the sword and dies by the sword has…
Warfare History
How One Nobleman Brought Down Charles I and His Entire Army in 1645
The First English Civil War lasted from 1642 to 1646 and was the first of a trio of conflicts that…
Politics
Today in History: Charles I of Spain is Crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (1519)
The emperors of The Holy Roman Empire mostly believed that their right to rule had been inherited from the Roman…