Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex

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Earl English nobleman Parliamentarian general member of the English peerage

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, was a prominent English nobleman and Parliamentarian general during the early years of the English Civil War, known for leading forces against King Charles I before resigning his command under the Self-Denying Ordinance.

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Surface form	Occurrences
3rd Earl of Essex	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Earl ⓘ English nobleman ⓘ Parliamentarian general ⓘ member of the English peerage ⓘ
allegiance	Parliament of England ⓘ
associatedWith	New Model Army ⓘ surface form: New Model Army (indirectly, through Self-Denying Ordinance)
burialPlace	Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster Abbey
conflict	English Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathCause	natural causes ⓘ
era	English Civil War period ⓘ Stuart England ⓘ
familyName	Devereux ⓘ
givenName	Robert ⓘ
grandfather	Sir Francis Walsingham ⓘ
heldTitle	Viscount Hereford (courtesy association with family) ⓘ
honor	state funeral ⓘ
knownFor	commanding the main field army of Parliament ⓘ leading Parliamentarian forces in the early English Civil War ⓘ resigning his command under the Self-Denying Ordinance ⓘ
legacy	figure in Whig historical tradition ⓘ symbol of early Parliamentary military leadership ⓘ
marriageCharacteristic	childless ⓘ
militaryRank	general ⓘ
mother	Frances Walsingham ⓘ
nobleFamily	Devereux family ⓘ
nobleTitle	Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 3rd Earl of Essex
notableEvent	appointment as Captain-General by Parliament in 1642 ⓘ resignation of military command in 1645 under the Self-Denying Ordinance ⓘ
opposed	Royalists NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	King Charles I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
parent	Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex ⓘ
participatedIn	Battle of Edgehill ⓘ First English Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Parliamentarian ⓘ
positionHeld	Captain-General of the Parliamentarian army ⓘ Lord General of the Parliamentarian forces ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ
sideInConflict	Roundheads ⓘ
socialClass	aristocracy ⓘ
spouse	Elizabeth Paulet NERFINISHED ⓘ Elizabeth, Lady Essex (third wife) ⓘ Frances Howard, Countess of Essex ⓘ
successorAsParliamentaryCommander	Sir Thomas Fairfax ⓘ
titleSucceededFrom	Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Edgehill → commander → Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ⓘ

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex → nobleTitle → Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 3rd Earl of Essex

Thomas Fairfax → predecessor → Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ⓘ

Battle of Edgehill → primaryParliamentarianLeader → Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ⓘ

Self-Denying Ordinance → significantFigure → Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex ⓘ