Battle of Edgehill

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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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Battle of Edgehill canonical 11

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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 ⓘ

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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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ