WI: Charles I of England and Scotland dies in 1640?

In mid-march, 1640, King Charles I's horse is spooked, throws him off, and kicks him in the head. His majesty dies soon after.

The OTL Short Parliament has not yet been called, as this is at just about the end of the Eleven Years' Tyranny, and the young King Charles II is a couple months shy of his tenth birthday, so he's going to have to have a regent, or a Regency Council. Who would be regent, though, or who would be on the council, if there were one?

How would they deal with the rather strained situation that arose from Charles I's policies?

Note that Henry Stuart will be Henry the Posthumous (until he does something more notable than being born after his father's death), and the OTL Henrietta, Duchess of Orléans will never be born.
 
I just hope that TTL Charles keeps his Joie de Vivre, that IMHO was one of his greatest qualities when he took over after the rather radical Puritans.
 
I just hope that TTL Charles keeps his Joie de Vivre, that IMHO was one of his greatest qualities when he took over after the rather radical Puritans.
Probably depends a fair bit on his experiences during his minority, but given that he grew up to become the Merry Monarch after twenty years in exile, he just might.

Then again, finally getting to come home and be king after so long might have been a factor, there.
 
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