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Which one in the picture below is King Charles?
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That's right! The answer is Three people are
I believe many people, like the editor, are very confused about the title of British monarch. Why is the queen Elizabeth II , and her son becomes Charles III ? ? Then who is Charles I ? Is there any Charles II? ?
1. Charles I (Charles I)
There must be Charles I and Charles II in the history of the UK. As for their English name "Charles", it can be called "Charles" or " Charles ", and it is not wrong to even call it "Charles". Because in different periods, the Chinese translation will also be different - Charles I and Charles II are both old-style translation names. Back to Charles I, the first king in European history to be sent to the guillotine, Charles I could be translated as Charles I or Charles I. During his reign from 1625 to 1649, he broke out in two civil wars with the British Parliament , and the war caused serious divisions at that time. Until January 20, 1649, Charles I was taken to a specially formed court and was charged with treason and other "felony crimes endangering the Kingdom of England." ( charged with high treason and “other high crimes against the realm of England”).
Scene of trial of Charles I
But Charles I refused to recognize the legality of the court. He said: "The king does not have to be tried by any superior jail1jurisdiction on earth." Despite this, he was eventually sent to the guillotine and became the only king in British history to be publicly executed.
Although Charles I was not a successful ruler, he was a loyal husband and easy-going father who was happy to spend his time with his wife and children. Moreover, he also has profound attainments in art. He has acquired a large number of Renaissance artworks and allowed the artworks of many masters such as Raphael, , da Vinci, , Michelangelo, Holbein, Titian, etc. to be preserved and collected.
Charles I's last farewell to her family
After the death of Charles I, Britain entered the republic era. His son was also forced to go into exile. However, British politics became chaotic by the lack of a monarch. Therefore, Congress felt the need to restore the monarchy until in 1660, Charles I's son returned to his country to succeed him and was crowned Charles II in 1661. 2. Charles II Charles II is one of the most unreliable kings in British history and was once called the "Merrie Monarch" by the people. In order to gain more wealth, he held a royal collection exhibition, but ended up losing the crowned "three-piece set" at the exhibition site. His ending was also a bit joking. In 1685, he suffered from a mild stroke and was treated by a royal doctor. But the final treatment plan discussed by many imperial doctors was to first release one tenth of his blood; then feed him toxic metals to urge him to vomit continuously; finally use sneeze grass to make him sneeze... Under the "emergency treatment" of imperial doctors, the "Happy King" with tenacious vitality quickly ended his life.
Corruption scene of Charles II
OK, we have figured out the two Charles. So since Charles II is the son of Charles I, is the new successor Charles III the grandson of Charles I? Based on their 's relocation time of nearly four hundred years apart, we can obviously get the 's negative answer to .
3. Charles III
In fact, the title of British monarch is chosen from his own name. For example, Queen Elizabeth II, who just passed away, chose Elizabeth in her full name (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor) as her title. Before Queen Elizabeth II, another queen chose the name " Elizabeth " (Elizabeth I 1533-1603) as her title. Therefore, to facilitate everyone's name, Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor called herself Elizabeth II.
Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II
Home with the above basic concepts, let's first look at the full name of the new king Charles -Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor . So, in theory, he can freely choose Charles, Philip , Arthur, George, etc. as his title of king. But since his father who just died was Prince Philip , it is obvious that choosing the name "Phillip" is not appropriate; if he chose "Arthur", he would be Arthur I, and he would be catching up with Prize King Arthur , perhaps not the best choice; if he chose "George", he would become George VII. In the end, his title after he succeeded to the throne was confirmed as Charles III.
4. Selection of names
is different from the names of our country that deliberately avoid the names of elders. The British royal family regards the repeated use of the names of elders as a tribute. so George, Charles, Elizabeth, Phillip, Arthur, Louis and other names will appear repeatedly. For example, Duke of Cambridge Prince William's full name is Prince William Arthur Phillip Louis. It is not difficult to find that several very common names of the British royal family appear in the full name of William . Among them, it includes Phillip - his grandfather's name.
When Prince William was a child,
Prince William's eldest son Prince George Alexander Louis paid tribute to George VI and Elizabeth II - because the queen's name contains "Alexandra", and Alexander is a variant of Alexandra.
Recent Prince George
Prince William's daughter Prince Charlotte Elizabeth Diana—a name that pays tribute to the whole family. Elizabeth represents the queen; Diana represents Dialene ; Charlotte is a variant of Charles, representing Princess Charlotte's grandfather, which is the current new king Charles III.
Princess Charlotte and Queen Elizabeth II
Princess Charlotte and Princess Diana
5. What is the surname of the British royal family?
In fact, in the past, the British royal family did not have a surname at all. Everyone directly used family names or dynasty names as "agent surnames". It was not until 1917 that King George V of England decided to change the family name from the original German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the current "Windsor" (because I lived in Windsor Castle, I changed it directly), and announced that "Windsor" has been the official surname of the British royal family since then.
960, Queen Elizabeth II also added her husband Philip Mountbatten 's surname to her official surname and joined forces to become "Mountbatten Windsor", which shows the queen's love and respect for her husband.
When I was young, Elizabeth II and her husband
That’s all for the introduction of the surnames of the English royal family. What other stories do you know about surnames? Leave a message and share it with us!
