AH Question: Was Charles at or going to be at parliament during the Gunpowder Plot?

In previous discussions, both on and off this forum, I've heard conflicting accounts about whether Charles, Duke of York, the future King Charles I of England, would have been with his brother and father at parliament in 1605 during the failed Gunpowder Plot. Do we know for certain whether or not he was there or would have been there? The conspirators based their plot around abducting James' daughter, Elizabeth, not Charles. My guess is, either because they thought Elizabeth would be easier to use, or just because Charles would be dead with the rest of his family.

Any ideas?
 
From my understanding, the plan was to abduct Elizabeth and install her on the throne. Regarding Charles, I am unsure what would become of him but IIRC, there would be some degree of improvisation as to his future.
 
From my understanding, the plan was to abduct Elizabeth and install her on the throne. Regarding Charles, I am unsure what would become of him but IIRC, there would be some degree of improvisation as to his future.

Sounds to me like they were trying to marry her off to a local Catholic nobleman or a nobleman from France or Spain (maybe?)
 
I don't know what purpose would come from having the five-year old second-born son attend. I've not read a biography, so I'm not sure. I just read a bio of Elizabeth, and she was raised away from court at the relatively secure and idyllic home of a nobleman and his family. The plan was that the plotters would come and abduct her. So I am thinking Charles would not be present either.
 
Their plan wasn't entirely clear. Charles and Elizabeth weren't meant to be at the opening of Parliament, and the plotters planned to seize them in the chaos that day, but had no real idea how to achieve this (no men to seize Elizabeth and no real idea where Charles even was!)

There was a very useful article written a few years ago (which I've shared before) by the historian Ronald Hutton on the probable events of a successful explosion at the Commons:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/gunpowder_hutton_01.shtml

Spoiler - it ends poorly for the Plotters and for Britain's catholics in general.
 
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