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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Protectorate Parliament headOfGovernment Oliver Cromwell
Battle of the Dunes (1658) alliedCommander Oliver Cromwell
this entity surface form: Oliver Cromwell (as Lord Protector overseeing English participation)
Frances Cromwell father Oliver Cromwell
Frances Cromwell sibling Oliver Cromwell
this entity surface form: Oliver Cromwell the Younger
Frances Cromwell relative Oliver Cromwell
this entity surface form: Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell
Ayr Citadel builtFor Oliver Cromwell
Putney Debates hasKeyFigure Oliver Cromwell
Sir George Downing servedUnder Oliver Cromwell
Siege of York (1644) commander Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell’s Ironsides cavalry commander Oliver Cromwell
Siege of Pembroke commander Oliver Cromwell
English Independents notableMember Oliver Cromwell
Sidney Sussex hasNotableAlumnus Oliver Cromwell
subject surface form: Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Oliver Cromwell’s House dedicatedTo Oliver Cromwell
Woodstock historicalFigureDepicted Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell hasNotableBearer Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell associatedWith Oliver Cromwell
Bridget Bendish grandfather Oliver Cromwell
Bridget Bendish relative Oliver Cromwell
Second Battle of Newbury commander Oliver Cromwell
Cromwell tanks namedAfter Oliver Cromwell
subject surface form: Cromwell tank
Levellers suppressedBy Oliver Cromwell
John Drinkwater notableWork Oliver Cromwell
Battle of Rathmines relatedFigure Oliver Cromwell
Andrew Marvell associatedWith Oliver Cromwell
Andrew Marvell employer Oliver Cromwell
Drogheda wasBesiegedBy Oliver Cromwell
Arthur Aston opponent Oliver Cromwell
Wexford wasBesiegedBy Oliver Cromwell
Siege of Waterford commandedBy Oliver Cromwell
Siege of Waterford hasNotableCommander Oliver Cromwell
Clonmel besiegedBy Oliver Cromwell
English conquest of Jamaica authorizedBy Oliver Cromwell
Thomas Goodwin supported Oliver Cromwell
Monty Python Sings hasTrack Oliver Cromwell