List of regicides of Charles I

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. What is the number of commissioners who signed the warrant?59 individuals affixed their signatures to the death warrant of Charles I
2. What is the fate of executed regicides?Eight surviving signatories were executed for their role in the king's death
3. Who were the people that decided what happened to King Charles I?A group of 59 commissioners signed a death warrant that put King Charles I on trial. They were the people who decided his fate.
4. Why was King Charles I put on trial instead of being treated like a god?The commissioners said that a king must follow the law just like everyone else. They challenged the idea that a king is only answerable to God.

Divine Right of Kings: The belief that monarchs derive their authority directly from God and are not subject to earthly power.
Interregnum: The period in English history (1649-1660) when England was a republic and had no monarch.
Popular Sovereignty: The principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people.