Siege of Oxford

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The Siege of Oxford was a key Parliamentarian blockade of the Royalist capital during the English Civil War, aiming to force King Charles I’s surrender.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf siege
alsoKnownAs Parliamentarian blockade of Oxford
belligerent Parliamentarians
Royalists
capitalOf Royalist war effort
commandedBy Oliver Cromwell
Sir Thomas Fairfax
conflict English Civil War
surface form: First English Civil War
conflictType early modern siege warfare
controlledBy New Model Army
surface form: Parliamentarian New Model Army
country Kingdom of England
defendedBy Siege of Oxford self-linksurface differs
surface form: Royalist garrison of Oxford
endTime 1646
followedBy Royalist collapse in southern England
hasPart Siege of Oxford self-linksurface differs
surface form: First Siege of Oxford (1644)

Siege of Oxford self-linksurface differs
surface form: Second Siege of Oxford (1646)
historicalPeriod 17th century
location Oxford
Oxfordshire NERFINISHED
militaryTactic blockade
objective capture the Royalist capital
force the surrender of King Charles I
opponent Charles I of England
surface form: King Charles I of England
partOf English Civil War
precededBy Battle of Naseby
result Parliamentarian victory
significance contributed to the military defeat of King Charles I
marked the effective end of Oxford as Royalist capital
startTime 1644
theatre English Civil War in southern England

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Sir Thomas Fairfax battle Siege of Oxford
Siege of Oxford defendedBy Siege of Oxford self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Royalist garrison of Oxford
Royalists engagedInBattle Siege of Oxford
Siege of Oxford hasPart Siege of Oxford self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: First Siege of Oxford (1644)
Siege of Oxford hasPart Siege of Oxford self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Second Siege of Oxford (1646)
Thomas Fairfax notableBattle Siege of Oxford