Eikon Basilike
1649 PURPORTED AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY CHARLES I OF ENGLAND
Icon Basilike; Ikon Basilike
The Eikon Basilike (Greek: Εἰκὼν Βασιλική, the "Royal Portrait"), The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings, is a purported spiritual autobiography attributed to King Charles I of England. It was published on 9 February 1649, ten days after the King was beheaded by Parliament in the aftermath of the English Civil War in 1649.