Royalist cause in the English Civil War

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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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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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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)