Charles I

Also known as: Charles I. / Charles Stuart / King Charles / King Charles I / the father / the king your father · Family: English royal family · Role: former king of England · First appears: Chapter 9

Life events

• Athos reveals that Charles I buried a million in gold for his eldest son.(Chapter16 · 📍 castle of Newcastle)
  • With: Athos Charles II
  • “‘I have still a million in gold,’ continued the king. ‘I buried it in the vaults of the castle of Newcastle, a moment before I left that city.’”
• Athos identifies himself as the Comte de la Fere and reveals his royal honors.(Chapter24)
  • With: Athos Anne of Austria
  • “‘I am called the Comte de la Fere, monsieur,’ said Athos, bowing.”
• Athos reveals that he witnessed Charles I’s execution and received the king’s final word.(Chapter26)
  • With: Athos
  • “Yes, my lord; it was I who was beneath the scaffold during the execution”
• 1660 · Athos reveals that Charles I’s hidden million belongs to his son Charles II.(Chapter32 · 📍 Newcastle Abbey)
  • With: Athos D’Artagnan Charles II
  • “‘Remember there is a million buried in the vaults of Newcastle Abbey, and that that million belongs to my son.’”

Chapter 9

• child: Charles II (Charles I. is identified in the surrounding passage as Charles II.'s father.) “Sire, I saw his majesty your father at a terrible moment.”

Chapter 16

• with Athos (Athos assisted Charles I during the king's final journey.) “I lent assistance to the very noble and very unfortunate Charles I., when his executioners conducted him from St. James’s to Whitehall.”

Chapter 20

• child: Duke of York “I saw the second one in Paris, M. le Duke of York, one day, as he was going to the Palais Royal, and I was told that he was not the eldest son of Charles I.”
• with D’Artagnan (interaction) “Alas! yes, monsieur, since you left France in order to assist him, and that, in spite of that assistance, he fell, and was near dragging you down in his fall.”

Chapter 24

• with Athos (Charles I made Athos a knight of the Garter.) “King Charles I. made me a knight of the Garter”
• with Cromwell (Charles I was given up to Cromwell by the Scots.) “it was in the time of Charles I., and when the king was given up to Cromwell by the Scots”
• captor: Cromwell (Charles I was surrendered to Cromwell.) “when the king was given up to Cromwell by the Scots”

Chapter 35

• child: Henrietta Stuart “Lady Henrietta Stuart, grand-daughter of Henry IV., daughter of Charles I., and sister of Charles II.”

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