List of Heirs of Scotland - Heirs To Charles I

Heirs To Charles I

Charles I was unmarried at his accession, so his elder sister

• Elizabeth was heiress-presumptive. She had married the Elector Palatine Frederick V in 1613, but since his ill-fated reign as King of Bohemia in the winter of 1619-20 they had been living in exile at the Hague. Charles I's first child to survive birth,
• Charles, Duke of Rothesay and Duke of Cornwall, was born to Queen Henrietta Maria on 29 May 1630. He was later also designated Prince of Wales. From 1646 he lived abroad, as the civil war in which his father was engaged was going badly.

After being captured by the Parliamentarians, escaping and being re-captured, King Charles I was tried for high treason, and beheaded on 30 January 1649.