final Parliament of Charles II

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The final Parliament of Charles II was the short-lived 1681 Oxford Parliament, convened amid the Exclusion Crisis and dissolved without resolving the intense conflict over the royal succession.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Oxford Parliament ⓘ
Parliament of England ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
conflictOver exclusion of James, Duke of York, from the succession ⓘ
convenedBy Charles II of England ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolvedBy Charles II of England ⓘ
duration 8 days ⓘ
endDate 1681-03-28 ⓘ
era Restoration ⓘ
followedBy no further Parliament under Charles II ⓘ
governmentType constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasComponent House of Commons of England ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasName 1681 Oxford Parliament ⓘ
Oxford Parliament ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of England ⓘ
legislatureFor Kingdom of England ⓘ
location Oxford ⓘ
mainIssue Exclusion Crisis ⓘ
royal succession ⓘ
metAt Oxford ⓘ
metInBuilding Christ Church, Oxford ⓘ
Oxford University ⓘ
monarchDuringSession Charles II of England ⓘ
notableFigure Edward Seymour ⓘ
linked to: Sir Edward Seymour

James, Duke of York ⓘ
linked to: Duke of York

Lord Russell ⓘ
notableOppositionLeader Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
opposedPolicyOf Whigs ⓘ
linked to: British Whig Party
parliamentNumber 3rd Exclusion Parliament ⓘ
partOf Restoration period in England ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
politicalContext Exclusion Crisis ⓘ
tensions between Crown and Parliament ⓘ
predecessor Exclusion Bill Parliament ⓘ
Habeas Corpus Parliament ⓘ
relatedEvent Exclusion Bill Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Exclusion Bill

Habeas Corpus Parliament ⓘ
Popish Plot ⓘ
result Parliament dissolved without resolving succession question ⓘ
no Exclusion Bill passed ⓘ
significance end of Exclusion Parliaments ⓘ
last Parliament of the reign of Charles II ⓘ
strengthened royal authority in short term ⓘ
startDate 1681-03-21 ⓘ
summonedBy Charles II of England ⓘ
supportedBy Tories ⓘ
linked to: High Tories
year 1681 ⓘ

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Oxford Parliament of 1681 → legislativeTerm → final Parliament of Charles II ⓘ
Habeas Corpus Parliament → chronologyWithinReign → second Parliament of Charles II after the Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
linked to: final Parliament of Charles II