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Bill of Rights, one of the basic instruments of the British constitution, the result of the struggle between the Stuart kings and Parliament. It incorporated the provisions of the Declaration of Rights, acceptance of which had been the condition upon which the throne was offered to William III and Mary II.
Charles I, (born November 19, 1600, Dunfermline Palace, Fife, Scotland died January 30, 1649, London, England), king of Great Britain and Ireland (1625–49), whose authoritarian rule and quarrels with Parliament provoked a civil war that led to his execution. Charles was the second surviving son of James VI of Scotland and Anne of Denmark. He was a sickly child, and, when his father became king of England in March 1603 (see James I), he was temporarily left behind in Scotland because of the risks of the journey. Devoted to his elder brother, Henry, and to his sister, Elizabeth, he became lonely