Royalists

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political faction supporters of monarchy

The Royalists were supporters of King Charles I and the monarchy during the English Civil War, opposing the parliamentary forces.

Aliases (6)

English Royalists ×4
Cavalier faction ×1
English Army (Royalist) ×1
Royalist (Wars of the Three Kingdoms) ×1
Royalist forces ×1
Royalists in the First English Civil War ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political faction → supporters of monarchy →
activeInConflict	English Civil War →
alternativeName	Cavaliers →
associatedWith	Cavalier culture → Cavalier poetry →
capitalStronghold	Oxford →
country	Kingdom of England →
defeat	Battle of Naseby (1645) →
endTime	1651 →
engagedInBattle	Battle of Edgehill → Battle of Marston Moor → Battle of Naseby → Siege of Oxford →
finalDefeat	Battle of Worcester (1651) →
goal	maintenance of episcopal Church of England → preservation of the king's prerogative →
historicalPeriod	Stuart period →
ideology	absolutist monarchy (in varying degrees) → royalism →
language	English →
notableCommander	James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose → Patrick Ruthven, Earl of Forth and Brentford → Prince Rupert of the Rhine → Ralph Hopton → William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle →
notableLeader	Charles I of England → Prince Maurice of the Rhine → Prince Rupert of the Rhine → Queen Henrietta Maria →
opposed	Parliamentarians →
opposedBy	Long Parliament → New Model Army →
partOf	Three Kingdoms conflicts →
region	England → Wales → parts of Scotland and Ireland →
religiousAlignment	Anglicanism (broadly) →
resultOfDefeat	establishment of the English Commonwealth →
socialBase	gentry → many Anglican clergy → nobility → some rural populations →
startTime	1642 →
successor	Jacobites (as later royalist movement in Britain) →
supported	Charles I of England → monarchy →
usedSymbol	St George's Cross with royal emblems → royal coat of arms of England →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Edgehill → Battle of Langport → Battle of Naseby → Battle of Preston (1648) → Battle of Worcester (1651) → Siege of Oxford →	belligerent
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon → Prince Rupert of the Rhine → Prince Rupert of the Rhine ("Cavalier faction") → Sir George Carteret → Sir Thomas Clifford →	allegiance
Battle of Edgehill ("English Army (Royalist)") → Battle of Marston Moor ("English Royalists") → Royalist–Confederate alliance phase ("English Royalists") →	hasParticipant
New Model Army Ordinance → Rump Parliament → Sir Thomas Fairfax →	opposedBy
Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire →	controlledBy
Goodrich Castle →	garrisonSide
Royalist–Confederate alliance phase ("English Royalists") →	hasAlly
Twenty Years After ("English Royalists") →	hasCharacterGroup
Third English Civil War →	hasMainBelligerent
Cavalier poetry →	isAssociatedWith
Wars of the Three Kingdoms →	mainBelligerent
George Monck ("Royalist forces") →	militaryBranch
Battle of Edgehill →	opponent
New Model Army →	opposedTo
Restoration of the monarchy →	participant
Hamilton family (Dukes of Hamilton) ("Royalist (Wars of the Three Kingdoms)") →	politicalAlignmentHistorical
George Monck ("Royalists in the First English Civil War") →	sideInConflict