Oliver Cromwell

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Oliver Cromwell was a 17th-century English military and political leader who helped overthrow the monarchy during the English Civil War and later ruled as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English politician
Lord Protector
head of state
human
military leader
allegiance Parliament of England
birthDate 1599-04-25
birthPlace Huntingdon
Huntingdonshire
Kingdom of England
burialPlace Tyburn (posthumous execution of remains)
Westminster Abbey, London
surface form: Westminster Abbey (original burial)
causeOfDeath kidney disease (probable)
malaria (probable)
child Bridget Cromwell
Elizabeth Cromwell
Frances Cromwell
Henry Cromwell
Mary Cromwell
Richard Cromwell
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1658-09-03
deathPlace English Commonwealth
surface form: Commonwealth of England

London, England
surface form: London

Whitehall
educatedAt Huntingdon Grammar School
education Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
era English Civil War era
Interregnum
familyName Oliver Cromwell self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cromwell
father Robert Cromwell
fullName Oliver Cromwell self-link
givenName Oliver
knownFor overthrow of the English monarchy
republican government in England
rule as Lord Protector
militaryBranch New Model Army
surface form: Parliamentary Army
militaryRank Lieutenant-General
mother Elizabeth Steward
movement Puritanism
surface form: Puritan movement
notableEvent Battle of Marston Moor
Battle of Naseby
Irish Confederate Wars
surface form: Cromwellian conquest of Ireland

English Civil War
Irish Confederate Wars
Pride's Purge
surface form: Pride's Purge (indirect influence)

Battle of Dunbar (1650)
surface form: Scottish campaign of 1650–1651
notableWork Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell
surface form: Establishment of the Protectorate

Leadership in the English Civil War
positionHeld Captain-General of the forces of the Commonwealth
Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
Member of Parliament for Cambridge
Member of Parliament for Huntingdon
precededBy Council of State of the Commonwealth of England
religion Puritanism
signature Oliver Cromwell signature
spouse Elizabeth Bourchier
succeededBy Richard Cromwell

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Humble Petition and Advice addressedTo Oliver Cromwell
this entity surface form: Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector
Barebone's Parliament convenedBy Oliver Cromwell
Barebone's Parliament headOfStateDuring Oliver Cromwell
Barebone's Parliament dissolvedBy Oliver Cromwell
Navigation Act 1651 associatedWith Oliver Cromwell
Elizabeth Steward child Oliver Cromwell
Elizabeth Steward relative Oliver Cromwell
Interregnum headOfState Oliver Cromwell
Interregnum keyFigure Oliver Cromwell
Robert Cromwell child Oliver Cromwell
Robert Cromwell notableRelative Oliver Cromwell
Robert Cromwell relative Oliver Cromwell
Richard Cromwell predecessor Oliver Cromwell
Richard Cromwell father Oliver Cromwell
Richard Cromwell child Oliver Cromwell
this entity surface form: Oliver Cromwell (the younger)
Henry Cromwell father Oliver Cromwell
Henry Cromwell appointedBy Oliver Cromwell
Battle of Inverkeithing associatedWith Oliver Cromwell
English Commonwealth headOfState Oliver Cromwell
English Commonwealth headOfGovernment Oliver Cromwell
English Commonwealth leader Oliver Cromwell
David Leslie opponent Oliver Cromwell
Elizabeth Bourchier spouse Oliver Cromwell
Bridget Cromwell father Oliver Cromwell
Secretary for Foreign Tongues usedBy Oliver Cromwell
Elizabeth Cromwell father Oliver Cromwell
Elizabeth Cromwell relative Oliver Cromwell
this entity surface form: Oliver Cromwell the Younger
Mary Cromwell father Oliver Cromwell
Mary Cromwell relative Oliver Cromwell
this entity surface form: Oliver Cromwell the Younger
Huntingdon Grammar School educated Oliver Cromwell
Huntingdon Grammar School associatedWith Oliver Cromwell