Battle of Marston Moor

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battle engagement of the First English Civil War

The Battle of Marston Moor was a major 1644 engagement in the First English Civil War in which Parliamentarian and Scottish Covenanter forces decisively defeated Royalist troops, effectively ending Royalist control in northern England.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Marston Moor canonical	18
Battle on Marston Moor	1
Marston Moor, Yorkshire	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ engagement of the First English Civil War ⓘ
aftermath	Royalist garrison in York later surrendered ⓘ
alliance	Solemn League and Covenant ⓘ surface form: Parliamentarian–Covenanter alliance
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ surface form: Battle on Marston Moor
approximateStrengthParliamentarianCovenanter	around 27,000–30,000 men ⓘ
approximateStrengthRoyalist	around 17,000–20,000 men ⓘ
associatedWith	New Model Army’s later tactical developments ⓘ
belligerent	Parliamentarian forces ⓘ Royalist forces ⓘ Scottish Covenanter army ⓘ
campaign	Siege of York (1644) ⓘ surface form: Yorkshire campaign of 1644
casualtiesParliamentarianCovenanter	lower than Royalist casualties but still significant ⓘ
casualtiesRoyalist	several thousand killed, wounded, or captured ⓘ
category	17th-century battle in England ⓘ
commander	Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron ⓘ surface form: Lord Fairfax Marquis of Newcastle ⓘ Oliver Cromwell ⓘ Prince Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ
conflict	Second English Civil War ⓘ surface form: First English Civil War
consequence	end of effective Royalist control in northern England ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
date	2 July 1644 ⓘ
hasParticipant	Parliament of England ⓘ surface form: English Parliamentarians Royalists ⓘ surface form: English Royalists Scottish Covenanters ⓘ
historicalPeriod	English Civil War ⓘ surface form: English Civil Wars
impact	shifted balance of power towards Parliament in the First English Civil War ⓘ
location	Battle of Marston Moor self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Marston Moor, Yorkshire near Long Marston, North Yorkshire, England ⓘ
militaryBranchCovenanter	Scottish Covenanter army ⓘ surface form: Army of the Scottish Covenanters
militaryBranchParliamentarian	New Model Army ⓘ surface form: Parliamentarian Army
militaryBranchRoyalist	Royalist field army under Prince Rupert ⓘ
notableFor	large-scale use of cavalry by Parliamentarian forces ⓘ rise of Oliver Cromwell’s reputation as a cavalry commander ⓘ
notableUnit	Cromwell’s Ironsides cavalry ⓘ
partOf	English Civil War ⓘ surface form: First English Civil War
precededBy	Siege of York (1644) ⓘ
region	Yorkshire ⓘ
relatedEvent	Siege of York (1644) ⓘ
result	Parliamentarian and Covenanter victory ⓘ decisive defeat of Royalist forces ⓘ
strategicImportance	broke Royalist power in the north of England ⓘ secured Yorkshire for Parliament ⓘ
terrain	open moorland ⓘ
theatre	Northern England ⓘ
timeOfDay	fought in the evening ⓘ
year	1644 ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

English Civil War → significantEvent → Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ

Royalists → engagedInBattle → Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ

Oliver Cromwell → notableEvent → Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ

Sir Thomas Fairfax → battle → Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ

Thomas Fairfax → notableBattle → Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ

Battle of Marston Moor → location → Battle of Marston Moor self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marston Moor, Yorkshire

Battle of Marston Moor → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle on Marston Moor

Wars of the Three Kingdoms → significantEvent → Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ

Battle of Selby → relatedEvent → Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ

Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron → notableBattle → Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ

Scottish Covenanter army → notableBattle → Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ

Siege of York (1644) → followedBy → Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ

Siege of York (1644) → relatedTo → Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ

Cromwell’s Ironsides cavalry → engagedInBattle → Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ

Scottish Covenanter government → notableBattle → Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ

Marquis of Newcastle → notableBattle → Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ

subject surface form: William Cavendish, 1st Marquess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester → participatedIn → Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ

Rupert, Prince Palatine → battle → Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ

Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester → notableBattle → Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ

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