Who were the four major kings of England from 1603 to 1688?

Answer 1

The four kings of England in the dates you ask for are,

James I (1603-25)
Charles I (1625-49)
Charles II (1660-85)
James II (1685-88)

The period between 1649 and 1660 was the Commonwealth where the Cromwells were Protectors and there was no monarch

Oliver Cromwell (1649-58)
Richard Cromwell (1658-59)

Answer 2

James I, Charles I, Charles II, James II

Answer 3

James !st then Charles 1st then [after the Commonwealth period] Charles 2nd then James 2nd. Dates available by request.

Answer 4

James I (also known as James VI of Scotland)
Charles I
Commonwealth
Charles II
James II

The first of the Stuart Kings of England was James I (son of Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley) also known as James VI of Scotland and married to Anne of Denmark

The eldest son Henry died so James was suceeded by his next son, Charles I, who married Henrietta Maria. Charles was beheaded at the end of the English Civil War by Oliver Cromwell and is consdered a martyr (see http://www.skcm.org/). Cromwell was breifly suceeded as Lord Protector of England by his son Richard

The Monarchy was restored under Charles' I son Charles II . He had many misstresses and illigitimate children but no legitimate heir with his wife Catherine of Braganza.

Charles II was succeded by his brother James II. James's first wife Anne Hyde died and he married the Catholic Mary of Modena. The birth of their son gave rise to the story of "the warming pan baby". James was deposed by his daughter Mary II and her husband William of Orange (William III) the only two joint monarchs of England

James fled into exile and his grandson Charles (Bonnie Prince Charlie) tried to restore the Catholic succession and led the Jacobite rebellion. It became a Jacobite tradition to toast "The King over the water" by swiftly passing their glass over water.

William outlived his wife and is supposed to have been killled by his horse stumbling on a molehill, hence the Jacobites toast to "the little gentleman in black velvet".

As William & Mary had no children was succeded by Mary's sister Ann (married to Prince George of Denmark) . Ann was not survived by any of her numerous children and the succession passed back to the descendents of James I and Anne of Denmark through their daughter. Thus George I became the first of the Hanovarians.

Have a look at
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page74.asp

also have a look at the web site for where I work at:
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.54 you will find images of James I and Charles I with thier Queen's. The Greenwich site is also dominated by the buildings created by Willam III (the Greenwich Hospital, later the Royal Naval College)

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Stuart