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'''Oliver Cromwell''' ( | |image = OliverCromwell.jpg | ||
|birth = 25 April 1599<br>{{Wiki|Huntingdon}}, {{Wiki|Huntingdonshire}}, [[Kingdom of England]] | |||
|death = 3 September 1658<br>[[Westminster]], [[London]], Kingdom of England | |||
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'''Oliver Cromwell''' (1599 – 1658) was an [[England|English]] military and political leader who overthrew the [[monarchy]] during the [[English Civil War]]. | |||
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Revision as of 11:22, 3 January 2024
Oliver Cromwell (1599 – 1658) was an English military and political leader who overthrew the monarchy during the English Civil War.
Biography
Oliver Cromwell was the leader of the parliamentary forces against Charles I in the English Civil War, and contributed to the dismantling of the Stuart monarchy. After helping to establish the British Isles as a republic, Cromwell served as the first chairman of the Council of State during the republican Commonwealth period.[1]
In 1651, Oliver Cromwell led his army into the Battle of Worcester, hoping to defeat the army of Charles II. Cromwell's army heavily outnumbered Charles II and his men. Cromwell's army managed to force their opponents into retreating, after which they lost track of Charles.[2]
Cromwell was also a major player that helped the First Anglo-Dutch War. Despite his political and military successes, Cromwell faced the difficult task of appeasing both the Royalist and republican sides in Parliament. He refused to be a king and was careful to keep his republican officers satisfied. Cromwell attempted a new constitutional arrangement, but provoked an intense republican reaction.[1]
During Charles' exile in Europe, Oliver Cromwell was named Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England and ruled over England for seven years, until he died. [2]
During the late 1650s, Cromwell's health deteriorated rapidly. He contracted malaria and died on September 3, 1658. After his death, the Stuart monarchy began to restore itself in the country. The new Parliament ordered Cromwell's posthumous execution and a corpse who may or may have not been Cromwell's was hung up at Tyburn in London as a symbolic end to Cromwell's Parliamentary reign and the return of the Stuart monarch in England.[1]
After his death, his son took control of parliament, but he abdicated within the month, which gave George Monck a chance to seize London and restore Charles to the throne of England.[2]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Initiates (mentioned in Database entry only)
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (mentioned in Database entry only)
References