Siege of Oxford

GPTKB entity

Properties (85)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military siege
gptkbp:aftermath Royalist_forces_retreated
Oxford_remained_a_Royalist_stronghold
gptkbp:alliance Support_from_other_Royalist_factions
gptkbp:awards Change in military tactics post-siege
gptkbp:casualties High casualties on both sides
gptkbp:celebrates Memorials_in_Oxford
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Prince_Rupert_of_the_Rhine
gptkb:Thomas_Fairfax
Leadership challenges faced by both sides
gptkbp:cultural_impact Influence on literature and art
gptkbp:culturalSignificance Remembered in local history
gptkbp:date 1642
1642-1646
gptkbp:diplomaticRelations Attempts to negotiate peace
gptkbp:duration 4 years
approximately 6 months
gptkbp:events gptkb:Battle_of_Chalgrove_Field
Battle of Cropredy Bridge
gptkbp:hasPopulation Affected by the siege
gptkbp:historical_analysis Ongoing research into the siege
Scholarly studies on the siege
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Fairfax
gptkb:Lord_General_Essex
gptkb:Sir_Richard_Grenville
gptkb:James_Graham,_1st_Marquess_of_Montrose
gptkb:Sir_William_Brereton
gptkb:King_Charles_I
gptkb:Oliver_Cromwell
gptkb:Lord_Hopton
gptkb:Robert_Devereux
gptkb:Henry_Wilmot
gptkb:Sir_Arthur_Haselrig
gptkb:Sir_John_Hotham
gptkb:John_Hampden
gptkb:Sir_William_Waller
gptkb:Edward_Montagu
gptkb:Sir_Edward_Walker
gptkb:Sir_John_Gell
gptkb:William_Waller
gptkb:Sir_John_Pym
gptkb:Richard_Cromwell
gptkb:Sir_John_Byron
gptkbp:historical_significance demonstrated_the_strength_of_Royalist_forces
Illustrates_the_conflict_of_the_English_Civil_War
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Conflict_between_Royalists_and_Parliamentarians
Part_of_a_larger_conflict_in_England.
gptkbp:historicalRecords Eyewitness testimonies
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Parliamentary records
gptkbp:house City walls
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Siege of Oxford
gptkbp:impact Influence on future military sieges
Shift_in_power_dynamics_in_England
Impact_on_the_Royalist_cause
gptkbp:is_a_source_of diaries of participants
Letters and accounts from the period
letters from the siege
gptkbp:legacy Study of military history
Lessons learned from the siege
gptkbp:location gptkb:Oxford,_England
gptkbp:militaryRank Civilians caught in the conflict
Composition of forces involved
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Oxford
gptkbp:notable_player gptkb:Oxford_Castle
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Thomas_Fairfax
gptkb:King_Charles_I
gptkbp:operations Spying and reconnaissance missions
gptkbp:outcome Parliamentary forces withdrew
Royalist surrender
gptkbp:partOf English Civil War
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:First_English_Civil_War
Second English Civil War
gptkbp:result Royalist victory
Parliamentary victory
gptkbp:significance Strategic_stronghold_during_the_English_Civil_War
gptkbp:strategicGoals Control_of_Oxford_as_a_key_city
gptkbp:supplyChain Disrupted by Parliamentarian forces
gptkbp:supportRole Parliamentarians
Royalists
gptkbp:tactics blockade
artillery bombardment
Siege warfare tactics
defensive fortifications
Artillery used by both sides
Blockade strategies