Painting of Charles I

Charles I

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A 19th-century painting of Oliver Cromwell and the New Model Army storming Basing House in 1645 (Photo by Artepics/Alamy Stock Photo)

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In a 19th-century painting by Charles Landseer, Oliver Cromwell reads Charles I’s explosive correspondence captured at Naseby. It revealed the king was conspiring to gain Catholic support for his cause (Photo by ART Collection/Alamy Stock Photo)

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Charles I in Parliament in 1642, where he made an abortive attempt to arrest five MPs, from a 19th-century painting by Charles West Cope (Photo by The Print Collector/Alamy Stock Photo)

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Members of the Sealed Knot stage a re-enactment of the battle of Nantwich, fought during the Civil Wars in 1644 (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

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A c1642 portrait of a 12-year-old Charles, Prince of Wales, accompanied by a page, likely painted to commemorate his presence at the battle of Edgehill (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Coronation portrait of Charles II after his crowning at Westminster Abbey on 23 April 1661 (Image by Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo)

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An illustration of Charles II entering London on 29 May 1660 after the restoration of the monarchy (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I

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A portrait of King Charles I

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A c1638 oil painting of Katherine Howard, Lady Aubigny

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A portrait of Charles I. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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The execution of Charles I in 1649.

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In 1992, Betty Boothroyd was voted in as Speaker of the House of Commons, with cross-party support by 372 votes to 238, asking the House “to elect me for what I am, not for what I was born”. (Photo by Tom Stoddart/Getty Images)

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A painting depicting Oliver Cromwell gazing at the body of Charles I

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A 1646 engraving of John Lilburne behind bars. The outspoken critic of successive governments spent half his life imprisoned or in exile. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

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Painting depicting Cromwell at the head of his troops following the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644, by Ernest Crofts. (Photo by De Agostini Picture Library/Getty Images)

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A painting of Charles I on horseback.

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A woodcut showing Prince Rupert of the Rhine's pet poodle Boy being killed at the battle of Marston Moor

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