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    Besides Charles I, what members of the British royal family have been executed?

    Question #121703. Asked by star_gazer. (Jun 02 11 10:27 PM)


    ssabreman

    http://www.britroyals.com/faqs.htm

    From this website, the list includes:

    - King Edmund I was killed in 946 during a feast at Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, by an outlawed robber.
    - King Edward The Martyr was murdered by members of Aethelred's household at Corfe Castle in 978
    - King Edmund II Ironside was assassinated in London in 1016
    - King William II Rufus was killed in 1100 with an arrow while hunting in the New Forest. Supposedly an accident, it has been suggested that he was shot deliberately on the instructions of his brother Henry.
    - Edward II was murdered in 1327 at Berkeley Castle on the orders of his wife, Isabella
    - Henry VI was murdered in the Tower of London in 1471.
    - Edward V and his younger brother were imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1483 and never seen again. Their fate remains a mystery but the two princes are believed to have been murdered on orders from their uncle Richard III.
    - Henry VIII executed two of his six wives, Anne Boleyn in 1536 and Catherine Howard in 1542.
    - Charles I was executed by Parliament in 1649 following the Civil War.

    Jun 02 11, 11:20 PM
    KatieK54

    Also, Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned by Queen Elizabeth I for 19 years under allegations of treason, and then Elizabeth had her executed in 1567.

    Jun 03 11, 12:16 AM
    Baloo55th

    Since 1066, only Charles I and Mary QoS have been officially executed in terms of reigning monarchs. Henry's marital problems caused a couple more non-reigning ones. All the others are murders or assassinations and unofficial. The Duke of Monmouth could be regarded as a member of the royal family, being a son of a king, but his status is debatable.

    Jun 03 11, 10:59 AM


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