Royalists

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


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


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