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A 19th century painting showing the attempted arrest of five Members of Parliament by Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) in January 1642. Painting by Charles West Cope (House of Parliament, London)

A map indicating in red the territory controlled by Charles the Simple, aka Charles III of West Francia (r. 893-923 CE)

An illustration of the English pirate Charles Vane, active in the Caribbean and off the east coast of North America in the Golden Age of Piracy. Vane was tried and hanged in Jamaica in 1720. (From an early edition of A General History of...

A c. 1649 painting showing the execution of Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) in London on 30 January 1649. By Jan Weesop. (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh)

A 1633 painting of Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) by Anthony van Dyck. (Royal Collection, Windsor Castle)

A painting showing William Harvey (1578-1657) demonstrating to King Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) his theory of the circulatory system.

An 1831 painting by Paul Delaroche showing Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) examining the dead body of King Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) after the English Civil War (1642-51). (Hamburger Kunsthalle, Grmany)

Catherine de' Medici (l. 1519-1589) was the queen of France, mother of three kings and two queens and, between 1559 and c. 1576, the most powerful woman in France and, possibly, all of Europe. She was the strength behind the French throne...

A 19th century CE portrait by Charles de Steuben of Charles the Bald, King of West Francia, r. 875-877 CE. (Palace of Versailles, France)

Portrait of Charles, Archduke of Austria and Duke of Teschen (1771-1847), oil on canvas by Thomas Lawrence, 1819. Charles was the brother to Emperor Francis II of the Holy Roman Empire (1792-1806) and Austria (1804-1835), and he would become...