Battle of Kineton

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The Battle of Kineton, more widely known as the Battle of Edge Hill, was the first pitched battle of the English Civil War, fought in 1642 between the forces of King Charles I and Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the English Civil War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Edge Hill ⓘ
Battle of Edgehill ⓘ
belligerent Parliamentarians ⓘ
Royalists ⓘ
campaign Royalist advance towards London in 1642 ⓘ
casualties several thousand killed and wounded ⓘ
commander King Charles I of England ⓘ
Prince Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ⓘ
conflict English Civil War ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
date 23 October 1642 ⓘ
describedAs first pitched battle of the English Civil War ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Brentford ⓘ
Battle of Turnham Green ⓘ
historicalEra Stuart period in England ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
involvedMonarch Charles I of England ⓘ
isFirstPitchedBattleOf English Civil War ⓘ
location Edgehill, Warwickshire, England ⓘ
linked to: Edgehill

near Kineton, Warwickshire, England ⓘ
nearGeographicalFeature Edge Hill escarpment ⓘ
linked to: Edgehill escarpment
nearSettlement Kineton ⓘ
Radway ⓘ
notableFor being the first major engagement between Royalist and Parliamentarian field armies ⓘ
cavalry charges led by Prince Rupert ⓘ
heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
parliamentarianCommander Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ⓘ
parliamentarianLeader Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ⓘ
parliamentarianLeaderTitle Captain-General of the Parliamentarian army ⓘ
parliamentarianStrength approximately 14,000–15,000 men ⓘ
partOf First English Civil War ⓘ
linked to: English Civil War

wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
precededBy initial mobilisations of 1642 ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
tactically indecisive ⓘ
royalistArmy King’s Oxford Army ⓘ
royalistCommander King Charles I of England ⓘ
Prince Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ
royalistStrength approximately 14,000–16,000 men ⓘ
side1 Royalist army ⓘ
side2 Parliamentarian army ⓘ
strategicObjective Royalist attempt to block Parliamentarian army and open route towards London ⓘ
strategicOutcome no decisive advantage gained by either side ⓘ
terrain ridge of Edgehill and surrounding open fields ⓘ
theatre English Midlands ⓘ
year 1642 ⓘ

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Battle of Edge Hill → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Kineton ⓘ