Protectorate of Richard Cromwell

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The Protectorate of Richard Cromwell was the brief and unstable final phase of the English republican regime under Oliver Cromwell’s son, whose weak leadership hastened the collapse of the Commonwealth and the return of the monarchy.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English republican government ⓘ
historical political regime ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
capital London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
causeOf collapse of the Protectorate regime ⓘ
restoration of the Rump Parliament ⓘ
constitutionalDocument Humble Petition and Advice ⓘ
country England ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
currency pound sterling ⓘ
endCause forced resignation of Richard Cromwell ⓘ
pressure from New Model Army officers ⓘ
endTime 1659-05-25 ⓘ
executiveBody Council of State ⓘ
followedBy English Interregnum (Restored Rump Parliament) ⓘ
Restoration of the Stuart monarchy ⓘ
follows Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell ⓘ
governmentForm protectorate ⓘ
republic ⓘ
hasCause succession of Richard Cromwell after Oliver Cromwell’s death ⓘ
hasQuality militarily dominated ⓘ
politically unstable ⓘ
short-lived ⓘ
headOfState Richard Cromwell ⓘ
historicalEra Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period

English Civil War and Interregnum ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War
leader Richard Cromwell ⓘ
legislativeBody Other House (Protectorate House of Lords) ⓘ
Third Protectorate Parliament ⓘ
location British Isles ⓘ
namedAfter Richard Cromwell ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
English Interregnum ⓘ
linked to: Interregnum
precededBy Commonwealth of England ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
Puritanism ⓘ
significantEvent Army opposition to civilian government ⓘ
Dissolution of the Third Protectorate Parliament ⓘ
Recall of the Rump Parliament in 1659 ⓘ
Summoning of the Third Protectorate Parliament ⓘ
significantFigure New Model Army ⓘ
Richard Cromwell ⓘ
startTime 1658-09-03 ⓘ
timePeriod 1658–1659 ⓘ

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

Restoration (England) → follows → Protectorate of Richard Cromwell ⓘ
subject linked to: Restoration
Restoration of the monarchy → replaces → Protectorate under Richard Cromwell ⓘ
linked to: Protectorate of Richard Cromwell
Protectorate of Richard Cromwell → followedBy → English Interregnum (Restored Rump Parliament) ⓘ
linked to: Protectorate of Richard Cromwell
Second Commonwealth (1659–1660) → precededBy → The Protectorate of Richard Cromwell ⓘ
linked to: Protectorate of Richard Cromwell