Royalist court party

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The Royalist court party was a faction within the royalist camp during the English Civil War, centered around the king’s court and known for its intrigue, internal rivalries, and influence over royal policy and military command.

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instanceOf Royalist faction
court party
political faction
basedAt Oxford court of Charles I
itinerant royal court during the English Civil War
conflict English Civil War
country Kingdom of England
dissolvedAfter execution of Charles I
factionOf court of Charles I of England
hasCharacteristic competition for royal favour
court intrigue
division between military and civilian courtiers
influence over military command appointments
influence over royal policy
internal rivalries
personal patronage networks
hasLanguage English
hasMember Edward Hyde (later Earl of Clarendon)
Endymion Porter
George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol
Henrietta Maria of France
Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans
Sir John Culpeper
linked to: Alexander Culpeper
hasPoliticalAlignment support for personal rule of the king
support for royal prerogative
hasPoliticalGoal defeat or accommodation of Parliament on favourable terms to the crown
preservation of monarchical authority
hasReligion Anglicanism
English Catholic sympathies among some members
hasRival Prince Rupert’s military circle
field army commanders of the Royalists
hasRole advising Charles I on strategy
controlling access to the king
distributing offices and honours
influencing appointments of Royalist generals
shaping peace negotiation policy
historicalPeriod Stuart England
influenced Royalist diplomatic contacts with foreign powers
Royalist peace negotiations with Parliament
appointments in the Oxford Parliament
influencedBy absolutist court politics
locatedInTime 1642–1649
opposedBy Parliamentarian party
Presbyterian Royalists
country party Royalists
partOf Cavalier side
Royalist cause
successor court faction around Charles II in exile

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George Goring, Lord Goring politicalFaction Royalist court party