Court party

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The Court party was a political faction in late 17th-century England that supported royal authority and the policies of the monarchy against parliamentary opposition.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Court Party (Scotland) 1
Court party canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical political group ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
activeInPeriod late 17th century ⓘ
alsoActiveUnderMonarch James II of England ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution English court ⓘ
House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
baseOfSupport court nobles ⓘ
officeholders dependent on royal favor ⓘ
royal household officials ⓘ
characterizedAs court-centered political alignment ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
emergedDuring Restoration era ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
emergedUnderMonarch Charles II of England ⓘ
favored royal patronage ⓘ
standing army under royal control ⓘ
strong executive authority ⓘ
hasOpposingFaction Country party ⓘ
historicalRegion England ⓘ
historicalStatus defunct political faction ⓘ
ideology support for prerogative powers of the crown ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
notableIssue control of taxation by the crown ⓘ
religious policy aligned with the monarchy ⓘ
operatedWithinSystem English Parliament ⓘ
opposed parliamentary opposition ⓘ
opposedBy Country party ⓘ
opposedConcept parliamentary supremacy over the crown ⓘ
partOf English Restoration political system ⓘ
politicalOrientation royalist ⓘ
politicalPosition pro-court ⓘ
pro-monarchy ⓘ
politicalStrategy use of patronage to secure parliamentary support ⓘ
precededBy Royalist faction ⓘ
relatedConcept Court–Country debate ⓘ
succeededBy Tory Party ⓘ
Whig Party ⓘ
supported policies of the monarchy ⓘ
royal authority ⓘ
supportedConcept monarchical supremacy over Parliament ⓘ
typeOfMonarchySupported hereditary monarchy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Exclusion Crisis → participant → Court party ⓘ
James Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry → memberOfPoliticalFaction → Court Party (Scotland) ⓘ
linked to: Court party