(1600–49)
king of England, Scotland and Ireland (1625–49). He often disagreed with Parliament , and in 1629 he stopped it meeting and tried to rule the country without it until 1640, when he needed Parliament to help raise money for a war against Scotland. The Long Parliament refused to help him, and this led to the English Civil War . Charles was arrested in 1647 and two years later he was killed by having his head cut off.