Battle of Edgehill

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battle military conflict

The Battle of Edgehill was the first pitched battle of the English Civil War, fought in 1642 between Royalist and Parliamentarian forces and resulting in an indecisive outcome.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Edgehill canonical	11

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Edge Hill ⓘ
belligerent	Parliamentarians ⓘ Royalists ⓘ
campaign	Battle of Edge Hill ⓘ surface form: Edgehill campaign
combatant	New Model Army ⓘ surface form: Parliamentarian army Royalist army ⓘ
commander	Charles I of England ⓘ surface form: King Charles I Prince Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ⓘ
conflict	Second English Civil War ⓘ surface form: First English Civil War
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
date	1642-10-23 ⓘ
era	17th century ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Brentford ⓘ Battle of Brentford ⓘ surface form: Battle of Turnham Green
front	English mainland ⓘ
hasCasualties	several thousand killed and wounded on both sides ⓘ
hasParticipant	Royalists ⓘ surface form: English Army (Royalist) Parliamentarian field army under Essex ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Stuart period ⓘ
involves	artillery ⓘ cavalry ⓘ infantry ⓘ
location	Edgehill ⓘ Warwickshire ⓘ
notableFor	first pitched battle of the English Civil War ⓘ
opponent	Parliamentarians ⓘ Royalists ⓘ
ParliamentarianObjective	block Royalist advance on London ⓘ
ParliamentarianSide	forces loyal to the English Parliament ⓘ
partOf	English Civil War ⓘ Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
precededBy	King Charles I raising his standard at Nottingham ⓘ
primaryParliamentarianLeader	Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ⓘ
primaryRoyalistCavalryLeader	Prince Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ
primaryRoyalistLeader	Charles I of England ⓘ surface form: King Charles I
result	indecisive ⓘ
RoyalistObjective	advance towards London ⓘ
RoyalistSide	supporters of King Charles I ⓘ
significance	demonstrated that the war would not be decided quickly ⓘ failed to give either side a decisive strategic advantage ⓘ
theatre	English Civil War ⓘ surface form: English Civil War in England
typeOfEngagement	pitched battle ⓘ
year	1642 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

English Civil War → significantEvent → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ

Royalists → engagedInBattle → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ

Henry Ireton → battle → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex → participatedIn → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ

Patrick Ruthven, Earl of Forth and Brentford → participatedIn → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ

Prince Maurice of the Rhine → notableBattle → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ

Edgehill → knownFor → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ

Edgehill → battleOccurredHere → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ

Battle of Brentford → precededBy → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ

Rupert, Prince Palatine → battle → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ

Royalist cause in the English Civil War → notableBattle → Battle of Edgehill ⓘ