The Execution of Charles I: Killing a King
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- On the 30th January 1649, King Charles I was executed outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall. His trial was a momentous event in British history. He was found guilty of treason - a ‘tyrant, traitor, murderer and Public Enemy’. What led to this unprecedented killing of a king?
Storyteller: Toby Lord
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Charles I played by Jonathan Clarkson
Image credits
Anne of Denmark (1574-1619) Dated 1614, Attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
The Five Eldest Children of Charles I Signed and dated 1637 by Anthony van Dyke, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
James VI & I (1566-1625) c.1620, After Paul van Somer, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
James I and VI (1566-1625) c. 1620 by Paul van Somer, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
Charles I (1600-1649) when Prince of Wales Signed and dated 1623 by Daniel Mytens, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
Charles I and Henrietta Maria c. 1630-32 by Daniel Mytens, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-69) by Anthony van Dyke, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
Charles I (1600-1649) 1635-before June 1636 by Anthony van Dyke, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
Charles I (1600-1649) with M. de St Antoine Dated 1633, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
The opening scene of the First English Civil War, © Hilary Morgan / Alamy Stock Photo
Oliver Cromwell c1649 by Robert Walker, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Charles I (1600-1649), King of England,1629, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access.
Cromwell turns out the Rump Parliament because of its corruption, 1653, © Lakeview Images / Alamy Stock Photo
Oliver Cromwell dissolving parliament in 1653, © Classic Image / Alamy Stock Photo
King Charles I , © National Portrait Gallery, London
Henry, Prince of Wales, © National Portrait Gallery, London
Lord John Stuart and his Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart By Anthony van Dyke, © The National Gallery, London 2019
The Puritan by John Pettie, © Museums Sheffield
Portrait group of the Reformers, European School (Unknown Artist), Courtesy of Perth Museum & Art Gallery, Perth & Kinross Council’
King Charles I (1600-1649), King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles I opening Parliament, the Commons presenting resenting their speaker to the king, 1625, © Mary Evans / Everett Collection
Him telling his son to never accept the throne is quite beautiful. His love for his family came above all else and he wouldn't have his son suffer the same fate.
no it's because he wanted his eldest son to be king. he didn't want the parliament to take advantage of his young son which would allow them to do whatever they wanted with England. also it would break the rules, his eldest son was supposed to be king that's why the young prince said he'd rather be torn to pieces first than to break the divine line of kingship.
@@iamAwesomo1994 Corn Pop, you’re a bad dude.
@@iamAwesomo1994 exactly
@@januarysson5633 Bahaha that's a good one
@@iamAwesomo1994 And Charles ll did become King. The merry monarch! Mistresses by the score and illegitimate children too.
The cameras were quite good back in 1649.
4k
Can you believe they were crank-powered too
They were partial to slo-mo.
Telescope
The old images were probably digitally enhanced.
Sam Hyde did such a great job in this, how does he keep getting away with it?
I only clicked this because the thumbnail looked so much like him
@@MrKiingpin Same
Thought the same thing
I was laughing so much when I saw the thumbnail
Lmao I also thought this was Sam Hyde
Jonathan Clarkson, the man playing Charles in this, does such a fantastic job. His is a better portrayal of the monarch than any I've ever seen. Bravo
I liked Alec Guiness' portrayal
While Jordan clarkson playing basketball
@@kirachouinard3490 , Alec Guiness was a flaming gay.
@@georgcantor7172 And that's a problem?
@@georgcantor7172 Alec Guinness was flaming’ brilliant as King Charles. Also pretty sure, he was bisexual - not that it matters.
The guy in the thumbnail looks like Sam Hyde.
@PATRICKWIDCHIPPYS damnit you beat me to it
only reason i clicked
Cannot be unseen.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed this
I came looking for this.
I'm always in a kind of awe of people who walk so proudly and calmly to their own executions.
According to Albert Pierrepoint, almost all of those he executed accepted their fate with stoicism and dignity.
That is the power of faith.
@Cole DeBeer
Most likely, yes. Good point.
Cole DeBeer well, perhaps. But historically, this is exactly what he did.🤷♀️. By people who witnessed it. Sooo...
@Cole DeBeer Few weirdos overthinking things, too.
All the surviving people who condemned him to death were executed by Charles II. Some of the dead ones were exhumed and their heads put on spikes. Cromwell's head was on a spike for 20 years
I hope this happens to the blood thirsty rinos and mad dems preforming the public execution of #45.
cromwells head famously went on quite journey round the uk, from collector to collector. Believe it or not, it wasn't actually finally buried until 1960!
Cromwell was a filthy.dog redrum redrum.most foul
cromwell was right, all kings and the Monarchy must be executed, as in the later french revolution
good
I am fascinated with this presentation. My ancestor was Sir Francis Hacker who was Cromwell's general and signed the death sentence for King Charles I. Once the Monarchy was restored, he was tried and hanged for his part in the execution of Charles and all his wealth and holdings taken and his family tossed out into the streets. On of his sons arrived in Virginia on a prisoner ship and worked out his indenturement before his family moved on to the rough frontier of Appalachia. They settled in a remote area of what is now Hacker's Creek, West Virginia, in Upshur County.
There can be no nation under the divine right of some monarch. As a German citisen I carefully observe this nation-buildig process that in 1848 failed in my country to the detriment of whole Europe. It was then also a legal question. Your ancestor did the tagic job to switch off the tyrant. Respectfully !
5 million germans voted hitler into power thats your nations democracy. Long live the king.
one of my ancestors was the Sherif of Cornwall at the time, I don't know if he had any involvement but I would imagine he would have been on the side of the Royals as he was a protestant.
@@pecheurcrapuleux84Yes but this is now and not then. We have had the Enlightenment in between. We now doubt, quite legitimately, if there is a God let alone a Devine Right of Kings.
@@gogogeedus But Cromwell himself was a Protestant. Some Protestants didn't like that Charles I was married to a Catholic
For 2 years i worked in an office at one of the colleges at Oxford University, i was told during my time working at the college that the office i used was used by King Charles I as his office during the civil war when he used Oxford as his stronghold and the college itself as a base to rule the country from. I always felt very honoured to work in the same room as one of most famous Kings the country has ever seen all be it many centuries apart.
Thank you for sharing that Max. It must have been quite fascinating to work in that space.
As a janitor?
Wow cool story.
@@milwaukeebrewers6337 janitors get offices now?
you use the office of a misguided individual. I find the idea of selection on the basis of DNA for inheriting a state role to be quite troublesome. Just because your DNA makes you black or a woman or otherwise different does not mean you can not hold a state role or that you are entitled to hold state roles by birth right.
A democratic process of selection is INCOMPATIBLE with the idea of selection based on DNA.
As much as I detest the atrocities of history, I admire the talent of this narrator. What a precise forming of sounds, that is connected with the meaning, without tricks. Not to mention the beauty of his voice itself. Very well done.
aTrOcItIeS
@@NathanDudani The killing of a king is such a thing. The unlawful killing of a king? Even worse.
@@jamestangue7032 An sham trial throught and throught.
"Detest the atrocities of history". Get over yourself. Looking at history through the lens of today is what fools do.
"Detest" them all you want, but it is history that determines iur present and future.
Bro who talks like this?
Years ago I went to drama school with the gentleman doing the narration. Toby was a great lad and its nice to see he’s still working.
the way he parted with kids really struck me deep in the heart
I almost shed tears....I just imagined me hugging my daughter Andrea for the last time😢😢😢
Sam Hyde is talented af.
HE
HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
Did you know he even teaches African children javascript!?
I WAS ABOUT TO POST THIS.
@@f2detaboada WAS
Title should be changed to "The Execution of Sam Hyde: The Killing of a Internet Troll".
Hyde can't keep getting away with his infiltration of several European noble houses
God damn you beat me to it by 4 days
Lol that’s what i was thinking
Why do you think he’s being executed?
@@invaderHUNK Crimes against humanity
I've watch this many times, and it just doesn't get old. Toby Lord is a truly captivating narrator, and Jonathan Clarkson is perfectly cast as HRH King Charles 1. This is how you teach history.
His Majesty
nah this is how you white wash history, it doesn't go into any depth about his rule, how much of a pussy he was and how he ran the country in the ground multiple times.
Do you know who plays Henrietta Maria?
The English Civil War is how one of my ancestors ended up in Virginia. He was a royalist who supported King Charles I. After the war he was imprisoned by Cromwell's forces and sold into indentured servitude on a plantation in the New World. My indentured ancestor married the boss's daughter, and acquired his own plantation on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Your ancestor had the rizz
@@falconeshieldso sigma
with how many slaves?
And the narrator himself looks like Charles
so i'm not the only one who thinks that.
Haha. I thought maybe it was him at first.
What if he's actually Charles and assumes that we won't notice it?
Finally England had a king that loved he’s wife and children and what did they do? They killed him!!!!
No a right winged assole killed him, the people put him back
@@DemonCuz :D:D:D man are you dumb dumb dumb
There was quite a few kings who loved their wives and children. Loving your wife and children doesn’t make you a good king. But the populace, who loved THEIR wives and children, were probably afraid of being burned at the stake. 🤷♀️. And people who love their own can not give one rats about anybody else.
vachief dumbass
Regena asdf he was killed for conspiring against parliament. Pretty straightforward.
It's crazy to think that they really did arrest a king,put him on trial,then executed him.
I wish they would do that now,
The French also did that. It's one of the two only appropriate place for a monarch, besides the abolition of that institution itself.
@@tonymirabal8832 with what king?
Kind of badass that he fixed his hair and told the executioner when it was okay to swing the axe
An amazing video. It really captured the humanity of Charles; nothing I've ever read even tried to do that.
S Muir lefty
@@Millie.com232 If you can't be objective about history, then don't concern yourself with it.
@eitoobmiz It shows his arrogance and emphasises his inhumanity in causing the war caused his downfall - good riddance and hail the Commonwealth. The irony is most European states would've just banished their monarchs🤔
@eitoobmiz At that time I mean, Louis' period was nearly 100 years later and yes he got the same as Charles I
He wasn't human🦎
This is so well made - from the editing, to the acting, to the music - just perfect
Holy cow. I found you somewhere between Stephen and John and I can't believe we are already at Charles I. Thank you so much for these mini-documentaries (which are pretty darn good quality, btw). I know it's not easy and your work is greatly appreciated.
You're welcome
This is so incredibly well done. The videography, the music, the narration. Superb. Earned a new subscriber.
The last part when he place his head on block was so heartbreaking. His eyes says it all. I dont know who he is but his acting is brilliant.❤
Allan Cumming
@@Frottussle Thanks 😊
It’s actually a friend of mine called Johnathan Clarkson..... he’s amazing!!
@@Frottussle Jonathan Clarkson, not Alan Cumming
@@ashleighpatti1360 lucky
This is outstanding. Outstanding work by HRP AND PP and of course Toby.
Agreed! Toby's great in this. Someone sign him up.
Is that who this cutie is? I’ve never seen him before. Well, it’s not just his looks. He’s very good. I’m too long in the tooth to be turned by a pretty face lol. I like my docs to have substance😉.
ha pp
This was such a well put together video! Thank you so much!
"He then writes a letter to Charles his eldest advising him on what to do when he becomes king.." 😭😭
He truly loved his kids.....may not have been a great king but damn he was a awesome family man!.....respect 🔥
Why is tour name Paul but you have a picture of a woman? Who is this woman?
@@lukealadeen7836 my wife
@@bronzemen34 I don't believe you. Whats her name? Is she a singer?
@@lukealadeen7836 than don’t believe me.............I dont just put any random pic of a woman? And yeh she sings!!!
@@bronzemen34 Can you recommend a song of hers?
Beautifully narrated and filmed. Must admit that Charles I is one the kings I didn’t know much about, so thank you for this little film.
I was recommended this by CZcams, a few days after the appointment of King Charles III.
What are you trying to tell me, Benevolent Algorithm?
He survived post March, so Charles III isn't the shortest monarch in British reign.
And here I thought the thumbnail was Charles Hyde. He can't getting away with it!
A tremendous video, expertly narrated, this is the CZcams content we all need.
It's lovely that he cared so much for his wife and children.
shame he didn't care so much about the innocent civilians he killed. the man was a horrible tyrant, it just so happens that he was replaced by a horrible tyrant so people have forgotten how bad he was.
@@bombski5657 Statements like this just show you how much people are moved by the most basic & rudimentary human behaviors, it just shows you that we're very low today, it also shows you how much many tyrannies & corruption are bypassed simply because it appeals to the sensibilities of a woman, it should show you also how many of the tyrannies we have in modern times are enabled by women & how governments today use them as frontrunners for policies.
Charles I was known to be a timid man. He was, so obviously, being taken advantage of. If he was an actual tyrant, civil war would never have happened because he would have killed all potential threats. The same way it is impossible for a civil war to break out in North Korea today.
He was the total opposite of a tyrant. He was kind. And kind, got him killed.
@@kevmikhail2990 he was so timid that he tried to force a prayer book on Scotland knowing it would lead to war. A war that killed thousands of innocent people and resulted in subsequent wars. He also stubbornly refused to agree to parliaments terms which would have spared his life and stabalised the 2 kingdoms.
@@bombski5657 he refused because the parliament was unlawful. There was no precedent for trying the king. The king was the law.
I'm watching this when Charles III gets on his throne...
@IronicStuffs This video is also about a King Charles
Why is CZcams algorithm recommending this right now? Is CZcams trying to tell us something? 🤔
i clicked in this video because i legitimately thought it was Sam Hyde playing another one of his 'artistic plays'
Well actually by getting decapitated, he's taking his pranks to the next level.
You know my paternal grandmother always told us we were descended from the executioner of King Charles, saying that he was forced to leave England and go live out his life in Jamaica. I really do not know how true this story was, I thought at the time this why we had so much land deep in the countryside of jamaica.
There is probably quite a bit of truth to your oral family history. Although, there might be twists and turns in the story; the basics usually stay true to the story. Maybe you could do a deeper research into it.? ?! I think you could probably find out more than you could ever dream, if you started researching different angles. You have a very interesting family history; and would make a fantastic story with whatever extra you discover!
Kill an English King, get Jamaican land and family.
@@andrawusazimi8428 More like exile to Jamaica.
@@ToastieBRRRN -With benefits
Yeahh mon
From what I read Charles 1 only wanted to play with his kids all day. and from what he seems he wasnt really a tryant for he could have easily arrested everyone in parliament and had them all executed but he didnt.
His son Charles 2 would exact revenge on all those who killed his dad and he was ruthless and made sure no one went unpunished.
Only wanted to play with his kids all day? 😂 So he was executed? 😂 Perhaps he might’ve stood before Parliament and delivered a speech entitled “On the Divine Right to Only Play with My Kids All Day” 😂
oh damn, how many people did charles 2 son have killed?
No, Charles I just entered the House of Commons and tried to arrest five members of Parliament on his own issued royal warrants for treason. The five of which had gotten advance notice of the King's coming and fled the cope. His actions are the reason why monarchs now no longer enter the House of Commons for any reason what so ever. Monarchs now send Black Rod over to summon them anytime they give the speech from the throne in the House of Peers. Black Rod has the door slammed in their face to symbolize the Commons' independence from the crown and has to knock three times using their staff to request admittance. Or Parliament holds a joint session in Westminster Hall instead. I'd suggest you watch the many prior State Opening of Parliament videos posted on here.
@@robbiestewart89 thanks, appreciate it
All monarchs is fundamentally a tyrant.
The fall of kings is followed by misery.
Its very odd to believe that if he wasn't king or even killed, it would have altered the family lineage and Queen Elizabeth wouldn't exist or reign.
No his second oldest son took over
Charles the first was perhaps the most unlucky British king in the last five hundred years, a vain man who came up against a nasty cold, cruel fanatic called Cromwell, who is still hated in Ireland and should be more dispised than he is. Cromwell was a far more tyrannical man than Charles. In the end Charles's trail was a fit up and in the end Cromwell, dissolved Parliament too. When Charles the second took the throne, Cromwell's body was dug up and the corpse's head was cut off.
A small bit of information I believe now can be revealed is where the crown was safely hidden from Cromwell during this dark period. While looting the crown jewels and all the other treasures, Cromwell was so spooked when confronted with the ancient and most important holy object on earth, St Edwards Crown, he ordered the Archbishop to take and destroy it. In one of the most secret and perhaps most moving acts performed, the Archbishop with the aid of "other being", opened the tomb of King Charles and placed the crown on the now reattached head of the murdered King. Nearly all history books will dispute this claiming the crown was destroyed and melted down. Even members of the Royal Family believe the crown to be a 17th century reproduction. I can prove this is not the case. All one needs to do is read the very detailed bill presented to the Palace of Westminster from the goldsmith guild commissioned to reproduce the crown jewels. Every tiny detail and cost for every piece reproduced is listed in a manner one would expect of such a historic and important document. The most important object, the crown itself, its weight in gold, and its adorned jewels are not even mentioned. The only reference to St Edwards Crown are the four new golden support arches with the cross of Christ in dominion on the golden orb of earth created 'FOR' the St Edwards Crown. (exactly as it is today). This document is still available today for public viewing.
I would consider Charles as the more benign figure, even though he was pig-headed and extremely keen to extend his power into absolutism. Cromwell was a driven man with deep religious beliefs and he never did things half-heartedly to a degree that his name still raises passions in Ireland today. The worst failure in all this was Parliament that never lived up the ambition of some of its members even when Charles was removed from power.
Cromwell started Irish slavery. He separated Irish families and sold them into slavery. Irish were shipped to slave islands like Jamaica, Montserrat, West Indies, etc.
I find it interesting that Cromwell said he “wasn’t a king” but he did the same thing, and then tried to make his son his heir. Then it’s a heritable situation, and that’s royalty. And the Irish! Oh heavens.🥺. My mom visited Ireland in the ‘70’s, and there was LITERALLY still skulls in fields. That’s how many there was. Horrible.
@@DemonCuz i love that, thank you
Thank you making it easy to digest with great narration and phots/videos.
"Think it, dream it, do it"
- Charles I
Such a sad ending for a King who married for love,stayed with her,had children and also loved and cared for them.This did not happen often in those days.He died with dignity,it must be so horrible to know this is your last night and you have to walk all that way to your death.At least the executioner had his weapon sharpened and it was only one quick chop.😱
Nicolas and Alexandra of Russa also married for love and loved their children immensely
That doesn’t excuse his actions, he was a lying tyrant, a papist and a terrible leader, who’s actions brought upon England 3 civil wars, a disastrous war with Spain, economic ruin, a republic and almost caused England to return to Catholicism.
@@Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots They could have exiled him instead, they did it with the last Kaiser.
@@antman5474 he would’ve just come straight back, this was the 17th century, not the 20th.
@@Deus-Vult_Against_the_bots Either way he was still murdered unlawfully.
Charles's actor is just splendid.
Sam Hyde
They killed him because he taught African children Javascript. What a tragedy.
Racist people..
Parlement after capturing King Charles: “We’re just gonna kill’ ‘em”
Lmao he cant keep getting away with this
Such brilliantly captivating storytelling with a simple yet powerful soundtrack and great camerawork and framing.
I could listen to Toby all day. What a lovely voice.
4:30 Whoever had the bright idea to film the narrator Toby Lord from three angles to suggest Van Dyck's 'Triple Portrait' of Charles I is to be congratulated! Brilliant.
Why is this suddenly in my recommended
Seeing how that vermin Cromwell’s remains have been desecrated & Charle’s honour restored, is the answer to that last question.
Henry VIII: *Worst Husband/ Father towards his family* Best King of England!
Charles I and VI: *beloved husband/father to his family* Worst King of Great Britain!
They were England´s yin and yang.☯
Henry VIII Best King? there are many other who really deserve that title, his second daughter for one, Edward III, Henry II who brought the Angevin empire into existence, William the Conqueror for sure he created the English Monarchy and i'm probably forgetting 2 or so more deserving of the title, Henry VIII was borderline psychotic for periods of his reign.
@@Devaraja67 Henry VIII was psychotic during his latter years but his former years he was quite popular. If Henry VIII only had just a son with Catherine of Aragon, he probably wouldn't have been as psychotic.
Elizabeth I: greatest ever monarch.
@@blugaledoh2669 I think had Mary been born a boy and survived to adulthood his political goals wouldn’t have detonated so many psychosis as his separation from Rome and the killing of Anne Boleyn produced but then who knows what other crisis might have done so?
His Madness was an insidious not an overt affair, recent documents show the length he went to prepare and organize personally the execution of Boleyn.
I’ve never seen that painting of James and Charles. I didn’t realize how much of the Hapsburg chin they had!
Which painting is that?
I should have said paintings😬. Kriss, you’re correct, but I thought they may have gotten from their mother’s side from somewhere., I myself was incorrect. I looked on my genealogy chart, and there isn’t hardly any to speak of, the last being Catherine of Aragon, who obviously had nothing to do with the Stuart’s as far as bloodline is concerned. I guess maybe the painters wanted them to have “strong chins”, or it was the clothes! But thanks for pointing it out😉.
@@mangot589 I think thats just his pointy beard
So this is where my 5 dollars a month is going to Sam Hyde...... MDE never dies.
He kept it pretty hush
I don't know if Charles I made the right calls or not. But I do know one thing, and that is this video is freaking awesome!!! You have done a splendid job with this. Very very well done!!! Amazing 😍
A pivotal point in British history, perhaps even more more so in the history of America. The men whole rebelled against George the third were grandchildren of the men who left England during the fifty years following Charles' reign and they set up a government with an elected, secular sovereign or head of state. An American was executed for regicide when Charles the second came to the throne and that fact and the subsequent history remains a largely ignored area of scholarship on both sides of the Atlantic.
My first American ancestor was the son of a Royalist imprisoned by Cromwell.
ttintagel Typically speaking if your grandparents were royalist then you would end up settling in the South if you were Roundheads then you would probably settle in New England .
The Governor of Connecticut was authorised to purchase and outfit two warships for use in the Revolution.
The largest was named Oliver Cromwell. The Royal Navy captured her and she became HMS Restoration.
Washington's ancestors were royalists. His greatgreatgreat grandfather rector Lawrence Washington was a close ally to Charles I.
@@chrisgibson5267 So...perfect.
Holy moly, didn't know Sam Hyde used to be a king
He's the King of the Jews, the messiah
The actor so greatly resembled the actual King Charles I; excellent casting and so very well told. I'm impressed by the depth of lesson we have today in this history. May we learn well from it.
anyone else got this recommended after a new king charles
Yeah I got it recommended for the second time
It was my privilege to see the movie"Cromwell"aboard a Pan Am 747 enroute to Paris. It described the trial and execution of Charles I. A sobering depiction of that episode in history.
Poor old Charles! Would'nt have happened to Henry Vlll.
Parliament had far fewer powers under Henry’s regime than they did by the time Charles’ reign rolled about.
@Stalwart Grantist if a Parliamentarian crossed HenryV111 his head got stuck on a spike outside traitors gate. I suppose he was a fine husband as well?. Total Monarchy produced men like him, he reformed the church to protestantism but received holy Communion on his death bed.
Oddly I think Henry the 8th was strangely liked by the people .
Yes, boss! Dis depicts weakness on Charles' side. Henry VIII would rather have all d parliamentarians' heads.
Based Eagle That’s not true. Henry VIII was a brutal tyrant, and by the end of his reign, he had completely stolen any form of power from the people, and given himself the right to do whatever he wanted, to anyone he wanted. He didn’t care a jot about the Magna Carta or citizen’s rights.
I'm reminded of Malcom's line in Macbeth about the execution of the original Thane of Cawdor for treason "But I have spoke
with one that saw him die, who did report. That very frankly he confessed his treasons. Implored your Highness’ pardon, and set forth a deep repentance. Nothing in his life became him like the leaving it."
He cant keep getting away with it
WOW :o
That was something else! I watch a LOT of history docos but this lil 15min one was honestly like a beautiful film as well as an excellent doco, & so powerful to watch. I've never seen anything like it, but I love it!
This is sad, he's a brave man, he handled it with courage.
they ended up asking his son to come be king years later anyway when they realized they wanted the monarchy.
Yeah King Charles's story is very tragic I even teared up a little bit up
@@iamAwesomo1994 and we have had a monarchy ever since lol. In over 1000 years we spent 15 years without a monarch. The good thing about monarchy in the UK is it works with Democracy, a very useful asset in diplomacy and on the world stage. Plus, changing the UK to a republic doesn't sound right... the United Republic (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) Doesnt have the same ring as United Kingdom. Lol status quo is good
@@jamiemiddleditch1999 ok so I agree, in the 15 years that the uk was a republic the public hated it, the monarchy never had much power when parliament called it back though. Although the monarchy did coerce parliament into rounding up the regicides and executing them by hanging, drawing and quartering.
sAd
Sam Hyde is a master class actor
I watch this now for the first time. Superbly done. Master story teller...
Forget what show it was, but after the execution, Cromwell looked at the King's body and remarked, "Brutal necessity."
Fantastic video. Enjoyed watching and learning :) Would love to see more of these.
this has to be the best history video ever
Great video, but still unclear about the evidence presented to convict Charles, and what were the arguments between Charles and Parliament about? What were his acts of treason according to his accusers? What was Cromwell's position in Parliament?
Cromwell didn’t fare any better. He was vain enough to think he could be a king and the revolution he unleashed eventually consumed him. As history often shows us. Charles wasn’t on his own in his belief in the divine right if kings, this was common currency right across Europe. Look no further than Louis XIV of France, who probably took this belief to it’s most extreme conclusion.
Yes, but Cromwell was beheaded posthumously.
Cromwell was successful. He ruled, he lived, and he died a natural death in office. It was his son that balls it up by being ineffectual and with no presence; that let slip his father's gains. If he had been as strong and with intelligence as his father then Britain may still have been a republic. Cromwell also ensured that if a monarchy returned it was only ever going to be a constitutional one.
Julian Coulden
What do you mean he didn’t fare any better? You do know Cromwell wasn’t executed, right?
Crowell did nothing wrong, bitches. He was quite a merciful man. He could have been a bloodthirsty French revolutionary, but he was a merciful man. Cromwell never wanted to be a king! And he is no fanatic like he is often portrayed. And it was parliament that banned Christmas and theatre, not fucking Cromwell!
Joella Z gosh why are you so angry? We aren’t discussing the meaning of life here?
Julian Coulden
Cause Cromwell is life. Cromwell is love.
I’ve been searching hard trying to find out who composed/performed the beautiful music, and no credit is given. Frustrating! Does anyone know?
Hi Meredith. Music is by - www.willstapleton.com
@@mattoliver3502 Thank you!! Just saw this..,
@@Ichthus61 why did you end your reply with a comma instead of a full stop?
@@manusharma3601 typo
Manu Sharma Are you trying to be annoying? It’s obviously a typo.
i really enjoy and appreciate the effort put into all of this, especially charles' period appropriate accent!! very impressive touch!
Omg this is so well produced and the music was incredible
Most of people who walk before their execution after the court sentences would have been terrified, scared, confused in fear, full shameful & guilt but this King walk with full confidence & proud even he's about to be executed. Means he's definitely not afraid to die.
I think it must have given him strength to know he was condemned unjustly. Charles made mistakes, certainly. But his trial was a sham, a kangaroo court. He called himself the martyr of the people, and considering Cromwell's later despotism, was Charles entirely wrong?
@@louthegiantcookieI mean, he did make sudden and often vague tax/fineable laws to feed his own coffer for ten years straight (mind you, was this much different to most Kings at the time?). Ted ed should do a History vs Video on him.
The music is straight up SEXY. NUMEROUS people have asked about it. GIVE US THE MUSIC!!!!
When we in our "infinite wisdom" started killing our kings and replacing them with the tyranny of the rabble, the whole world went to Hell in a handbasket.
The idea that "all men are created equal" is humanistic clap trap.
Humans traditionally lived in small tribes of a few hundred under the leadership of an alpha male. I believe the problem is simply that nations should not exist united as large as they are. A royal bloodline is ridiculous, as is the weak voting for the weak to lead. Only the strongest most competent man is fit to rule.
Charles clearly had his flaws, but he went fucking hard at his execution. It's pretty admirable.
Also, this is really by far the best documentary about his execution I've seen, but I do wish they'd included that moment in court where he hit a guy with his cane, the top popped off, and as nobody else would retrieve it for him, he had to bend down and get it himself. It was really, incredibly symbolic, given the circumstances.
Good steady ie not rushed presentation, also good vocal style. Hope we can look forward to similarly well-balanced analyses of Charles II, James II, the Duke of Monmouth, both Lords Protector Oliver and Richard ( especially the latter...).
Loving these 15 minute historical videos! This one and the Princes in the tower. Please do more👍
One thing, the son didn't heed his fathers words and was crowned king 10 years later when he was old enough.
Damn so Charles was really Sam Hyde the whole time. It all makes sense
Man got Cancelled by 'Heidecker' Cromwell
Even as a Irish man, I fine the death of Charles the first upsetting, that his own people turned against him in the end.
The Rolex drone channel..
Not surprising given that he was responsible for more deaths before or since.
Because he was the ally of the Irish. Cromwell was a common enemy of both the Irish and the king.
@@wonjubhoy and a lot of England
If you're an Irish Catholic, it would be understandable for you to like Charles 1. If you believe in progress, you'll know he was a reactionary tyrant.
@@johnnyoranges "Believe in progress" lmao
Wonderfully put together video...bravo!!
I legit thought the thumbnail was of Sam hyde
i have recently fallen in love with the story of the causes of the english civil war. charles wasnt meant to be king and his inheritance of issues of religion , parliment and even finances from the dynasty before that along with most problems parliment had with him directly attacked those he cared about the most all mixed together into a mixing pot of issues with both him and parliment. The stuart dynasty was incredibly unlucky , and the story of him and his childrens fates , especually Elizibeths , are truly painful. he didnt deserve to die ,nor did anyone caught in the crossfire of parliment and charles .
Great video so well put together and informative. Really captured the emotion of such a pivotal point in British history. More of these on other key turning points relating to monarchs would be fab!
The intro from 0:00 to 1:46 is just breathtaking, I love the music and beat. Was enthralled and watched through to the end. Love the production, a masterful retelling of King Charles' execution. Growing up I always allied myself with the Roundheads, I am Protestant, so believed this was right. However, Having heard all of the evils comitted by Cromwell, if I were there now, I would have taken up arms as a cavalier.
Traitor 🇬🇧
Yea it was wonderful
Yes,absolutely
The king looks suspiciously like the Ghost of Kiev
He just can't keep getting away with it, it's beyond unreasonable.
the actor's likeness to portraits of the real king Charles is incredible !!
I love what his heir did to Cromwell's remains, though
Numbers 4,14,38 who signed the death warrant ended up in Hadley Massachusetts.
Okay, u hate Cromwell and "love" the idea of digging up and mutilating the body of your enemy. By your mean-spirited, snide attitude, i'm guessing u r a Roman Catholic
@@atheodorasurname6936 Nope, wrong. I'm an atheist. In fact, I'm nota even a Brit. But good old Oliver had his king murdered without justification nor mercy. So I find Charles son's actions quite amusing
@@gonzalovillarruel Charles own arrogance got himself killed. He was given the chance to remain King but with the powers of monarchy limited but he wouldn't accept the offer. Charles has a much blood on his hands as Cromwell neither are innocent.
The Merry Monarch.
Well, Sam kind of deserved to die, what with all the people he's killed over the years.
Nathan he couldn’t keep getting away with it forever...
Finally brought to justice, Samuel Hyde could not keep getting away with it.
Fun archaeology fact! King Charles I was actually born with a different name. To respect a more Englantarian name, he had it changed to fit the space of a king. His original name was Samuelan Charles Hyde.
Amazing
Superb production and telling of this historic event, much enjoyed!
Whatever was done to him was very much against justice and fairness. It wasn't a fair trial and therefore a murder.
I love this whole presentation! Very stylish.
These are the kinds of YT videos that cheer me up at night! 😃