: Jacob Abbott
: Charles the First
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: 9788381620567
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: Biographien, Autobiographien
: English
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Jacob Abbott was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographieHistory of King Charles the First of England is a simple and sympathetic story of the life and reign of Charles I. Thanks to the simple writing, Abbott immerses us in historical times. This book is unique in that at one moment you can find answers to long-standing questions or get new knowledge, and at another time you have new questions.

I. CHARLES’S CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH

1600-1622

Born in Scotland.–The circumstance explained.–Princess Anne.–Royal marriages.–Getting married by proxy.–James thwarted.–Getting married by proxy.–James thwarted.–James in Copenhagen.–Charles’s feeble infancy.–Death of Elizabeth.–Accession of James to the English crown.–Second sight.–Prediction fulfilled.–An explanation.–Charles’s titles of nobility.–Charles’s governess.–Windsor Castle.–Journey to London.–A mother’s love.–Rejoicings.–Charles’s continued feebleness.–His progress in learning.–Charles improves in health.–Death of his brother.–Charles’s love of athletic sports.–Buckingham.–Buckingham’s style of living.–Royalty.–True character of royalty.–The king and Buckingham.–Indecent correspondence.–Buckingham’s pig.–James’s petulance.–The story of Gib.–The king’s frankness.–Glitter of royalty.–The appearance.–The reality.

 

KING CHARLES THE FIRST was born in Scotland. It may perhaps surprise the reader that an English king should be born in Scotland. The explanation is this:

They who have read the history of Mary Queen of Scots, will remember that it was the great end and aim of her life to unite the crowns of England and Scotland in her own family. Queen Elizabeth was then Queen of England. She lived and died unmarried. Queen Mary and a young man named Lord Darnley were the next heirs. It was uncertain which of the two had the strongest claim. To prevent a dispute, by uniting these claims, Mary made Darnley her husband. They had a son, who, after the death of his father and mother, was acknowledged to be the heir to the British throne, whenever Elizabeth’s life should end. In the mean time he remained King of Scotland. His name was James. He married a princess of Denmark; and his child, who afterward was King Charles the First of England, was born before he left his native realm.

King Charles’s mother was, as has been already said, a princess of Denmark. Her name was Anne. The circumstances of her marriage to King James were quite extraordinary, and attracted great attention at the time. It is, in some sense, a matter of principle among kings and queens, that they must only marry persons of royal rank, like themselves; and as they have very little opportunity of visiting each other, residing as they do in such distant capitals, they generally choose their consorts by the reports which