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A-Z: General definitions: Royalist
Definition
1. In the English Civil War, a supporter of Charles I against the rebellion by the Parliamentarians led by Oliver Cromwell. 2. A supporter of monarchy.
(1642-51). Series of military conflicts which rose out of religious, political and financial tensions between King Charles I and Parliament, which was increasingly influenced by Puritan sympathies.
Charles I (1600-49) succeeded to the English throne in 1625, but after the English Civil War of 1642-46 was deposed by Oliver Cromwell leading an army loyal to Parliament and subsequently executed.
A member of parliament; a supporter of Parliament in the English Civil War, a Roundhead
(1599- 1658) English statesman and soldier. Puritan Member of Parliament who led the Roundhead forces during the English Civil War. Following the defeat and death of Charles I, Cromwell ruled as 'Lord Protector' from 1653 to 1658.
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