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Eikon Basilike
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<p>The <i>Eikon Basilike</i> , <i>The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings</i>, is a purported spiritual <a href="/facts/Autobiography/Exfxc4VW">autobiography</a> attributed to King <a href="/facts/Charles_I_of_England/r7IEjNGh">Charles I of England</a>. It was published on 9 February 1649, ten days after the <a href="/facts/Execution_of_Charles_I/fx1bo0hk">King was beheaded</a> by <a href="/facts/Parliament_of_England/y4aNV9gj">Parliament</a> in the aftermath of the <a href="/facts/English_Civil_War/lKXK3YXx">English Civil War</a> in 1649. </p>