Royalist cause in the English Civil War

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The Royalist cause in the English Civil War was the faction that supported King Charles I and the traditional monarchy against Parliamentarian forces during the mid-17th-century conflict in England.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf belligerent in a civil war ⓘ
monarchist movement ⓘ
political faction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cavaliers ⓘ
capital Oxford (de facto Royalist capital) ⓘ
linked to: Oxford
conflict English Civil War ⓘ
consequence establishment of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ
trial and execution of Charles I ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
endTime 1651 ⓘ
goal defence of traditional social hierarchy ⓘ
maintenance of episcopal church government ⓘ
preservation of the king's prerogative ⓘ
ideology Anglican royalism ⓘ
absolutist monarchy ⓘ
royalism ⓘ
leader Charles I of England ⓘ
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon ⓘ
James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ⓘ
Patrick Ruthven, Earl of Forth and Brentford ⓘ
Prince Maurice of the Palatinate ⓘ
Prince Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ
Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton ⓘ
linked to: 1st Baron Hopton
notableBattle Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ
Battle of Naseby ⓘ
Siege of Oxford ⓘ
opposed Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War ⓘ
politicalOpposition Long Parliament ⓘ
New Model Army ⓘ
relatedEvent First English Civil War ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War

Second English Civil War ⓘ
Third English Civil War ⓘ
Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
religiousAlignment Anglicanism ⓘ
Church of England ⓘ
result defeat ⓘ
socialBase landed gentry ⓘ
many rural communities ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
some high church clergy ⓘ
startTime 1642 ⓘ
successor Royalist cause in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (Scotland and Ireland) ⓘ
Royalist support for Charles II ⓘ
supported Charles I of England ⓘ
symbol crown of England ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
typicalSupportRegions Wales ⓘ
the North of England ⓘ
linked to: Northern England

the West Country ⓘ
linked to: southwest England

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

Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington → servedIn → Royalist cause in the English Civil War ⓘ
Exile of the Stuart royal family in the Dutch Republic → relatedTo → Royalist cause in the English Civil War ⓘ
Royalist field army of the West → partOf → Royalist forces in the English Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Royalist cause in the English Civil War
Ralph Hopton → sideInConflict → Royalist side in the English Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Royalist cause in the English Civil War
Arthur Aston → sideInConflict → Royalist side in the English Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Royalist cause in the English Civil War
Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington → militaryService → English Civil War (Royalist side) ⓘ
subject linked to: Baron Arlington
linked to: Royalist cause in the English Civil War
Royalist campaign in Cornwall → relatedTo → Royalist cause in the English Civil War ⓘ
William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven → participatedIn → English Civil War (Royalist side) ⓘ
linked to: Royalist cause in the English Civil War