noun
1. as Charles II he was Holy Roman Emperor and as Charles I he was king of France (823-877)
• Syn: ↑Charles, ↑Charles II, ↑Charles the Bald
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Holy Roman Emperor, ↑King of France
2. son of James I who was King of England and Scotland and Ireland; was deposed and executed by Oliver Cromwell (1600-1649)
• Syn: ↑Charles, ↑Charles Stuart
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑King of England, ↑King of Great Britain
3. king of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor; conqueror of the Lombards and Saxons (742-814)
• Syn: ↑Charlemagne, ↑Carolus, ↑Charles, ↑Charles the Great
• Derivationally related forms: ↑Carolingian (for: ↑Charles)
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Holy Roman Emperor, ↑Carolingian, ↑Carlovingian
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/chahrlz/; Fr. /shannrddl/
1. Charlemagne.
2. ("the Bald") A.D. 823-877, king of France 840-877; as Charles II, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 875-877.
3. 1500-58, king of Spain 1516-56; as Charles V, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1519-56.
4. 1600-49, king of Great Britain 1625-49 (son of James I).
5. 1887-1922, emperor of Austria 1916-18; as Charles IV, king of Hungary 1916-18.
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Charles I [Charles I]
(1600–49) king of England, Scotland and Ireland (1625–49). He often disagreed with Parliament, and in 1629 he stopped it meeting and tried to rule the country without it until 1640, when he needed Parliament to help raise money for a war against Scotland. The ↑Long Parliament refused to help him, and this led to the ↑English Civil War. Charles was arrested in 1647 and two years later he was killed by having his head cut off.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.