Reporter Wang Xiaoying
After the death of Queen Elizabeth II of England, her eldest son, Crown Prince Charles inherited the throne and was called Charles III.
Someone may ask, why after Charles became king, he was called Charles III, was he sorted with the "II" of Elizabeth II ? It would be wrong to understand this. The reason why Charles is called "The Third Life" is because he had two British kings named "Charles", even though they were both three or four hundred years ago.
Another translation of the name "Charles" is "Charles". Kings of England Charles I and Charles II are father-son relationships, and they both lived in the 17th century. Born in 1600, Charles I was the only king in British history to be publicly executed and the first monarch to be publicly executed during the European Revolution.
During the last few years of Charles I's life, the royalists and parliamentary supporters broke out in conflict, triggering the first British civil war, and the result was victory for parliamentary supporters. Afterwards, the parliament wanted Charles I to accept the constitutional monarchy , but Charles I formed an alliance with Scottish , and later the second British civil war broke out. Charles I failed again and he was executed for treason at the age of 49. Since then, Britain no longer implemented a monarchy and changed to a republic. " Duke of the National Guard " Cromwell became the British ruler and the de facto head of state.
Charles I
After the death of Charles I, his eldest son, Charles II, who was born in 1630, went into exile in a foreign country. After Cromwell's death in 1658, British politics fell into chaos, and Parliament declared the restoration of the monarchy, and Charles II was able to return to England. In 1660, Charles II returned to London and was officially crowned as king the following year. Compared with his father, Charles I, Charles II was better able to adapt to the trend of the times, compromised with the powerful parliament at the beginning of his ascension, and exercised limited royal power with caution.
Charles II
Although Charles I was beheaded and Charles II's royal power was also restricted, Britain was still a monarchy at that time. In 1688, the glorious revolution in England broke out, which determined the constitutional monarchy and laid the constitutional foundation for the king to "reign but not govern", and the British royal family has been preserved to this day.
Before Elizabeth II, there was a queen named " Elizabeth " in British history. Elizabeth I reigned from 1558 to 1603 and was the daughter of King Henry VIII . England during her reign was one of the most powerful countries in Europe and began to have colonies in North America. In literature, celebrities such as Shakespeare , Bacon , etc. were also known as the "Golden Age" in British history during the reign of Elizabeth I.
Elizabeth I
Now, the first heir to the British throne is Charles' eldest son and the eldest grandson of the queen Prince William . If Prince William ascends the throne in the future, he will likely be called William V , because there have been four kings in the UK called " William ". William I was born around 1028 and was the first king of England in the Norman dynasty. He was known as "William the Conqueror" and died in 1087; William II was the third son of "William the Conqueror" and was born in 1056 and reigned from 1087 to 1100.
William I
William III was born in 1650. He is a Dutch . He once served as the ruler of the Netherlands and was a key figure in the glorious revolution in Britain. In 1689, William III and his wife Mary became kings of England, accepted the " Bill of Rights ", and determined the constitutional monarchy in Britain. William IV was born in 1765 and reigned from 1830 to 1837. He was called " Sailor King " by the people.
William III and his wife Mary
In many European countries, it is a tradition to name their descendants after their ancestors and a way to pay tribute to their ancestors. Therefore, the chance of renames is very high. After they ascend the throne, they need to be called "some generations".
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