Siege of Pembroke

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The Siege of Pembroke was a 1648 Parliamentarian blockade and capture of the Royalist-held Pembroke Castle in Wales, a key engagement that helped end organized Royalist resistance in the Second English Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military engagement
siege
afterEffect execution of John Poyer
pardon and exile of Rice Powell
pardon and exile of Rowland Laugharne
belligerentStrength Parliamentarian forces under Oliver Cromwell
Royalist garrison at Pembroke Castle
cause Royalist revolt in Wales in 1648
combatant Parliamentarians
Royalists
commander John Poyer
Oliver Cromwell
Rice Powell
Rowland Laugharne
conflict Second English Civil War
countryInvolved England
Wales
endTime 1648-07
followedBy suppression of remaining Royalist resistance in Wales
hasLocation Kingdom of England
Pembroke
Pembroke Castle
Pembrokeshire
Wales
hasResult Parliamentarian victory
objective capture of Pembroke Castle
partOf Second English Civil War
precededBy Royalist uprisings in South Wales
siegeType blockade
significance helped end organized Royalist resistance in the Second English Civil War
startTime 1648-05

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Second English Civil War hasPart Siege of Pembroke
Battle of St Fagans followedBy Siege of Pembroke
this entity surface form: siege of Pembroke