Who Executed King Charles I?

One of the most shocking executions in English History was when the King made his way to the scaffold on the 30th January 1649. King Charles I was known by many as a tyrant who plunged his country into the English Civil War, and following a trial he was condemned to death with leading figures like Oliver Cromwell advocating for his execution. But there was a problem as there was difficulty in finding an executioner who would perform the execution of the King.

Many believed that Charles I had been sent by a higher power to rule and because of this they turned the job down. But the identity of the executioner was kept a secret, and the executioner took Charles I's head in one swift blow from the axe. He was a skilled man, but there have been many historians who believe the executioner was a man named Richard Brandon. But there have been many others debated who executed King Charles I.

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