Queen Henrietta Maria and Charles, Prince of Wales, escape to France. 1649 Charles I beheaded. The Restoration . 1681-5 Parliament does not meet.
Court holds power.
1688 James, Prince of Wales born. This means the crown will pass to him, a Roman Catholic, rather than to the King's Anglican siblings. James flees to France and is deposed, because his daughter Mary and her husband William, Prince of Orange, have been invited by Parliament to share the crown. Balance of power shifts finally from Court to Parliament. In fact, Jacobite risings occur twice during this period, in 1715 and 1745.