Battle of Edgehill

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The Battle of Edgehill was the first pitched battle of the English Civil War, fought in 1642 between Royalist and Parliamentarian forces and resulting in an indecisive outcome.

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Generate an image of the Battle of Edgehill (The Battle of Edgehill was the first pitched battle of the English Civil War, fought in 1642 between Royalist and Parliamentarian forces and resulting in an indecisive outcome.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Edge Hill ⓘ
belligerent Parliamentarians ⓘ
Royalists ⓘ
campaign Edgehill campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Edge Hill
combatant Parliamentarian army ⓘ
linked to: New Model Army

Royalist army ⓘ
commander King Charles I ⓘ
Prince Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ⓘ
conflict First English Civil War ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
date 1642-10-23 ⓘ
era 17th century ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Brentford ⓘ
Battle of Turnham Green ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Brentford
front English mainland ⓘ
hasCasualties several thousand killed and wounded on both sides ⓘ
hasParticipant English Army (Royalist) ⓘ
linked to: Royalists

Parliamentarian field army under Essex ⓘ
historicalPeriod Stuart period ⓘ
involves artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
location Edgehill ⓘ
Warwickshire ⓘ
notableFor first pitched battle of the English Civil War ⓘ
opponent Parliamentarians ⓘ
Royalists ⓘ
ParliamentarianObjective block Royalist advance on London ⓘ
ParliamentarianSide forces loyal to the English Parliament ⓘ
partOf English Civil War ⓘ
Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
precededBy King Charles I raising his standard at Nottingham ⓘ
primaryParliamentarianLeader Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ⓘ
primaryRoyalistCavalryLeader Prince Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ
primaryRoyalistLeader King Charles I ⓘ
result indecisive ⓘ
RoyalistObjective advance towards London ⓘ
RoyalistSide supporters of King Charles I ⓘ
significance demonstrated that the war would not be decided quickly ⓘ
failed to give either side a decisive strategic advantage ⓘ
theatre English Civil War in England ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War
typeOfEngagement pitched battle ⓘ
year 1642 ⓘ

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

English Civil War → significantEvent → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Royalists → engagedInBattle → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Henry Ireton → battle → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Prince Maurice of the Rhine → notableBattle → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Edgehill → knownFor → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Edgehill → battleOccurredHere → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Battle of Brentford → precededBy → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Rupert, Prince Palatine → battle → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Cavaliers → associatedEvent → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Parliamentarian side → keyEvent → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Kineton → historicalEventNearby → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Radway → historicalEventNearby → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Edgehill escarpment → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Battle of Edgehill monument → commemorates → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Battle of Edgehill monument → marksEvent → Battle of Edgehill (1642) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Edgehill
Battle of Edgehill monument → hasNearbyFeature → battlefield of Edgehill ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Edgehill
Battle of Kineton → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Battle of Turnham Green → precededBy → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Parliamentarians (English Civil War) → notableBattle → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Campaigns in Northern England (English Civil War) → hasPart → Battle of Edgehill-related northern manoeuvres ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Edgehill
Rupert of the Rhine → notableBattle → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Sir Philip Stapleton → participatedIn → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ