No monarch reigned after the 1649 execution of Charles I. Between 1649 and 1653, there was no single English head of state, as England was ruled directly by the Rump Parliament with the English Council of State acting as executive power during a period known as the Commonwealth of England.
No monarch reigned after the 1649 execution of Charles I. Between 1649 and 1653, there was no single English head of state as England was ruled directly by the Rump Parliament with the English Council of State acting as executive power during a period, known as the Commonwealth of England.