Royal Oak (tree associated with King Charles II of England)

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historic tree symbol of the English monarchy

The Royal Oak is the famous English oak tree in which the future King Charles II is said to have hidden from Parliamentary forces after the Battle of Worcester in 1651.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Charles II hid in its branches to avoid capture	1
Royal Oak (symbol associated with Charles II)	1
Royal Oak (tree associated with King Charles II of England) canonical	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic tree ⓘ symbol of the English monarchy ⓘ
associatedWith	Battle of Worcester (1651) ⓘ surface form: Battle of Worcester Charles II of England ⓘ English Civil War ⓘ Parliamentarians ⓘ Royalists ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Oak Apple Day ⓘ Royal Oak Day ⓘ
commemoratedOn	29 May ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
culturalSignificance	one of the most famous trees in British history ⓘ
dateOfEvent	1651 ⓘ
era	Stuart period ⓘ
event	hiding place of Charles II after the Battle of Worcester ⓘ
hasIconography	oak leaves and acorns used as royalist symbols ⓘ
hasLegend	Royal Oak (tree associated with King Charles II of England) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Charles II hid in its branches to avoid capture
hasMotiveForCommemoration	escape of Charles II after defeat at Worcester ⓘ
hasPilgrimageOrTourism	visited by tourists at Boscobel House site ⓘ
hasSuccessor	descendant oaks planted at Boscobel ⓘ
historicalStatus	original tree no longer survives ⓘ
inspiredNameOf	Royal Oak (Royal Navy ship name) ⓘ Royal Oak (pub name) ⓘ numerous British public houses ⓘ several ships of the Royal Navy named HMS Royal Oak ⓘ
linkedTo	Restoration of Charles II in 1660 ⓘ Royalist resistance after the Battle of Worcester ⓘ
locatedIn	Boscobel House ⓘ Shropshire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ West Midlands ⓘ
narrativeCertainty	story partly legendary though widely accepted in tradition ⓘ
narrativeRole	refuge for Charles II from Parliamentary forces ⓘ
partOf	heritage of the English monarchy ⓘ
referencedIn	British folklore ⓘ Royalist and Restoration-era literature ⓘ
relatedPlace	Boscobel House ⓘ surface form: Boscobel Wood
relatedStructure	Boscobel House priest holes ⓘ
symbolOf	loyalty to the monarchy ⓘ restoration of the monarchy in 1660 ⓘ
treeSpecies	English oak ⓘ Quercus robur ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Royal Oak, Michigan → namedAfter → Royal Oak (tree associated with King Charles II of England) ⓘ

Royal Oak (tree associated with King Charles II of England) → hasLegend → Royal Oak (tree associated with King Charles II of England) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles II hid in its branches to avoid capture

HMS Royal Oak → namedAfter → Royal Oak (tree associated with King Charles II of England) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Oak (symbol associated with Charles II)