Ormondists

E941905

The Ormondists were a royalist political faction in 17th-century Confederate Ireland that supported James Butler, Duke of Ormond, and favored alliance with the English monarchy during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political faction in Ireland
royalist political faction
activeInCentury 17th century
alliedWith English royalists
Irish Confederate moderates
conflictType civil war faction
country Confederate Ireland NERFINISHED
favoredAllianceWith English monarchy NERFINISHED
goal negotiated settlement between Irish Confederates and the king
restoration of royal authority in Ireland
historicalContext Wars of the Three Kingdoms in the British Isles NERFINISHED
historicalLegacy example of Anglo-Irish royalist politics in the 1640s and 1650s
ideology royalism
languageOfPoliticalCommunication English
Irish
leader James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond NERFINISHED
namedAfter James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond NERFINISHED
notableEvent negotiation of royalist-Confederate agreements in Kilkenny
operatedInTerritory Kingdom of Ireland NERFINISHED
opposed Irish Confederate hardliners
radical Catholic Confederate faction
opposedBy Cromwellian regime NERFINISHED
Parliamentarian forces in Ireland
participatedIn Irish Confederate Wars NERFINISHED
Wars of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment pro-Stuart monarchy
politicalPosition moderate within the royalist camp
region Leinster
Munster NERFINISHED
religiousComposition included some Catholic royalists
predominantly Anglo-Irish Protestant nobility
socialBase Anglo-Irish aristocracy
royalist gentry in Ireland
sought compromise with Catholic interests while preserving royal supremacy
supported Charles I of England NERFINISHED
Charles II of England NERFINISHED
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond NERFINISHED
supportedFormOfGovernment monarchy
supportedTreaty Ormond Peace of 1646 NERFINISHED
Second Ormond Peace of 1649 NERFINISHED
timePeriodEnd late 1650s
timePeriodStart early 1640s

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