Royalist–Confederate alliance phase

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The Royalist–Confederate alliance phase was the later stage of the Irish Confederate Wars during which Irish Confederate forces allied with English Royalists against Parliamentarian and Covenanter armies in the mid-17th century.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
phase of war
allianceBetween Irish Catholic Confederation
surface form: "Irish Catholic Confederation and English Royalists"
characterizedBy campaigns against Parliamentarian garrisons in Ireland
formal and informal alliances between Irish Confederates and Royalists
conflict Wars of the Three Kingdoms
countryInvolved Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Ireland
Kingdom of Scotland
endTime 1650
followedBy Irish Confederate Wars
surface form: "Cromwellian conquest of Ireland"
goal to oppose Parliamentarian control of Ireland
to restore or preserve royal authority in Ireland
hasAlly Royalists
surface form: "English Royalists"

Irish Confederates
hasCause English Civil War
Parliamentarian advances in Ireland
breakdown of earlier truces between Confederates and Royalists
hasKeyFigure Charles I of England
Charles II of England
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin
Owen Roe O'Neill
Parliamentarian commanders in Ireland
hasOpponent Scottish Covenanter army
surface form: "Covenanter armies"

Parliamentarian forces
hasParticipant Scottish Covenanter army
surface form: "Covenanter armies"

Royalists
surface form: "English Royalists"

Irish Confederates
Parliamentarian forces
historicalPeriod Early Modern period
locatedIn Ireland
Kingdom of Ireland
militaryTheater Irish Confederate Wars
opposedBy Parliament of England
surface form: "English Parliament"

Scottish Covenanters
partOf Irish Confederate Wars
politicalContext struggle between monarchy and Parliament in the British Isles
precededBy Ormond peace negotiations phase
relatedTo Irish Confederate Wars
surface form: "Cromwellian conquest of Ireland"

English Civil War
surface form: "First English Civil War"

Second English Civil War
religiousDimension Catholic–Protestant conflict context
result consolidation of Parliamentarian power in Ireland
defeat of Royalist–Confederate forces
startTime 1648
temporalContext mid-17th century

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Irish Confederate Wars hasPart Royalist–Confederate alliance phase