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Charles I

Charles I in 1631.
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Charles I,
born 1600.
See wikipedia.
Reigned from March 1625 to his execution in 1649.
He married in May 1625 to Henrietta Maria de Bourbon [dau of Henry IV, King of France].
She was descendant of Pope Felix V.
English Civil War 1642-1651.
He was executed 1649.
Commonwealth 1649-1660.
Charles I and Henrietta Maria had issue:

1. Charles II,
   born 1630.
   Reigned 1660-1685.

   
   

2. Mary Stuart, born 1631.
   She mar William II de Nassau, Prince of Orange.
   They had issue:

   
   

   1. William III,
      William of Orange, Prince of Orange, Count of Nassau.
      He mar his 1st cousin Mary II.
      They deposed her father James II in 1688.
      Williamite-Jacobite War 1689-1691.
      William and Mary reigned jointly (her 1689-1694, him 1689-1702).

   
   

3. James II,
   born 1633.
   Reigned 1685-1688.
   Deposed 1688.

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Named after Charles I

• The Charles River (which runs through Boston), Massachusetts.
• Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts.
• The states of North and South Carolina (after the Latin for Charles).

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Named after Henrietta Maria

• The state of Maryland in the USA.

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Named after William of Orange

• Williamsburg, the old capital of Virginia.
• College of William and Mary, VA.
• Orange, NJ.
• Many other places called Orange, but not all obviously.
• The Ulster Orange Lodges.
• The name "hill billies", referring to rural Ulster-Scots immigrants to America.
• Nassau St, Dublin.