Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland

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The Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland was the title held by the de facto head of state and government during the republican Interregnum following the English Civil War.

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Generate an image of the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (The Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland was the title held by the de facto head of state and government during the republican Interregnum following the English Civil War.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state title ⓘ
historical office ⓘ
political office ⓘ
abolished 1659-05-25 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lord Protector ⓘ
Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
appointedBy Council of Officers ⓘ
Parliament of England ⓘ
associatedIdeology Puritan republicanism ⓘ
associatedWithConflict English Civil War ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
Instrument of Government ⓘ
country Commonwealth of England ⓘ
createdBy Instrument of Government ⓘ
deFactoHeadOf government ⓘ
state ⓘ
firstHolder Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
followedBy Charles II of England ⓘ
Committee of Safety (1659) ⓘ
Monarchy of England ⓘ
linked to: British monarchy
follows Council of State of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ
governmentType republican government ⓘ
hasNumberOfOfficeHolders 2 ⓘ
historicalPeriod Commonwealth of England era ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period

English Civil War aftermath ⓘ
inception 1653-12-16 ⓘ
lastHolder Richard Cromwell ⓘ
locatedInTime 17th century ⓘ
officeCreatedDuring Interregnum following the English Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Interregnum
officeHolder Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
Richard Cromwell ⓘ
partOf English Interregnum ⓘ
linked to: Interregnum

Interregnum (England) ⓘ
linked to: Interregnum
predecessorOffice Monarch of England ⓘ
linked to: King of England
reasonForAbolition Restoration of the monarchy in 1660 ⓘ
residence Palace of Whitehall ⓘ
Whitehall Palace ⓘ
linked to: Palace of Whitehall
seat London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
significantEvent Protectorate established under Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
Resignation of Richard Cromwell in 1659 ⓘ
style His Highness ⓘ
termLength for life ⓘ
typeOfHeadOfState non-monarchical head of state ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oliver Cromwell → positionHeld → Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell → hasLeaderTitle → Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
Instrument of Government → definedSuccession → Lord Protector to be chosen by Council of State ⓘ
linked to: Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
Humble Petition and Advice → addressedTo → Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland → alsoKnownAs → Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
Richard Cromwell → positionHeld → Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
Mary Cromwell → fatherOccupation → Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
Baron Seymour → associatedOffice → Lord Protector of the Realm ⓘ
linked to: Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
House of Cromwell → producedLeader → Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
Richard Cromwell → positionHeld → Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
subject linked to: Anne Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell → positionHeld → Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
subject linked to: Elizabeth Russell
Lord Protector of Ireland → partOf → Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
Commonwealth of Ireland → headOfState → Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
Elizabeth Cromwell → spousePositionHeld → Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
subject linked to: Elizabeth
Oliver Cromwell → occupation → Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
subject linked to: Bendish