Royalist cause in the English Civil War

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belligerent in a civil war monarchist movement political faction

The Royalist cause in the English Civil War was the faction that supported King Charles I and the traditional monarchy against Parliamentarian forces during the mid-17th-century conflict in England.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Royalist cause in the English Civil War canonical	2
Royalist side in the English Civil War	2
English Civil War (Royalist side)	1
Royalist forces in the English Civil War	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	belligerent in a civil war ⓘ monarchist movement ⓘ political faction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cavaliers ⓘ
capital	Oxford ⓘ surface form: Oxford (de facto Royalist capital)
conflict	English Civil War ⓘ
consequence	establishment of the Commonwealth of England ⓘ trial and execution of Charles I ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
endTime	1651 ⓘ
goal	defence of traditional social hierarchy ⓘ maintenance of episcopal church government ⓘ preservation of the king's prerogative ⓘ
ideology	Anglican royalism ⓘ absolutist monarchy ⓘ royalism ⓘ
leader	Charles I of England ⓘ Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon ⓘ James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose ⓘ Patrick Ruthven, Earl of Forth and Brentford ⓘ Prince Maurice of the Rhine ⓘ surface form: Prince Maurice of the Palatinate Prince Rupert of the Rhine ⓘ 1st Baron Hopton ⓘ surface form: Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton
notableBattle	Battle of Edgehill ⓘ Battle of Marston Moor ⓘ Battle of Naseby ⓘ Siege of Oxford ⓘ
opposed	Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War ⓘ
politicalOpposition	Long Parliament 1640 ⓘ surface form: Long Parliament New Model Army ⓘ
relatedEvent	English Civil War ⓘ surface form: First English Civil War Second English Civil War ⓘ Third English Civil War ⓘ Wars of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
religiousAlignment	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism Church of England ⓘ
result	defeat ⓘ
socialBase	landed gentry ⓘ many rural communities ⓘ nobility ⓘ some high church clergy ⓘ
startTime	1642 ⓘ
successor	Royalist cause in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (Scotland and Ireland) ⓘ Royalist support for Charles II ⓘ
supported	Charles I of England ⓘ
symbol	crown of England ⓘ
timePeriod	17th century ⓘ
typicalSupportRegions	Wales ⓘ Northern England ⓘ surface form: the North of England southwest England ⓘ surface form: the West Country

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Input

Subject: Royalist cause in the English Civil War
Description of subject: The Royalist cause in the English Civil War was the faction that supported King Charles I and the traditional monarchy against Parliamentarian forces during the mid-17th-century conflict in England.

Referenced by (6)

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

Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington → servedIn → Royalist cause in the English Civil War ⓘ

Exile of the Stuart royal family in the Dutch Republic → relatedTo → Royalist cause in the English Civil War ⓘ

Royalist field army of the West → partOf → Royalist cause in the English Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royalist forces in the English Civil War

Ralph Hopton → sideInConflict → Royalist cause in the English Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royalist side in the English Civil War

Arthur Aston → sideInConflict → Royalist cause in the English Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royalist side in the English Civil War

Baron Arlington → militaryService → Royalist cause in the English Civil War ⓘ

subject surface form: Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington

this entity surface form: English Civil War (Royalist side)