English Civil War sieges of Pontefract Castle

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event in the English Civil War series of military sieges

The English Civil War sieges of Pontefract Castle were a series of prolonged and strategically important Royalist-stronghold sieges that made the fortress one of the last castles in England to surrender to Parliamentarian forces.

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Label	Occurrences
English Civil War sieges of Pontefract Castle canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in the English Civil War ⓘ series of military sieges ⓘ
aftermath	demolition of Pontefract Castle by Parliament ⓘ slighting of Pontefract Castle ⓘ
associatedWith	Charles I NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles II supporters ⓘ
besiegedBy	Parliamentarian forces ⓘ
cause	struggle for control of northern England during the English Civil War ⓘ
conflictBetween	Parliamentarians ⓘ Royalists ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
defendedBy	Royalist garrison ⓘ
endDate	1649 ⓘ
finalSurrenderDate	March 1649 ⓘ
garrisonType	Royalist ⓘ
hasPart	First Siege of Pontefract Castle (1644) NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Siege of Pontefract Castle (1644–1645) NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Siege of Pontefract Castle (1648–1649) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	17th century ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Pontefract NERFINISHED ⓘ West Yorkshire ⓘ
location	Pontefract Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryTactic	siege warfare ⓘ
notableFor	being among the last Royalist strongholds to surrender in England ⓘ prolonged resistance to Parliamentarian forces ⓘ
partOf	First English Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second English Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	English Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ Royalist strongholds in the English Civil War ⓘ
result	Parliamentarian victory ⓘ surrender of Pontefract Castle ⓘ
startDate	1644 ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of routes in northern England ⓘ threat to Parliamentarian-held territory in Yorkshire ⓘ

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