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Date June 14, 1645
Location United Kingdom • England
Participants Cavalier • New Model Army
Context English Civil Wars • First English Civil War

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Battle of Edgehill
October 23, 1642
Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Marston Moor
Battle of Marston Moor
July 2, 1644
The Battle of Naseby
Battle of Naseby
June 14, 1645
Battle of Dunbar
September 3, 1650

Key People

Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
English statesman
Charles I
Charles I
king of Great Britain and Ireland
Rupert, detail of a painting from the studio of Sir Peter Lely, c. 1670; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Prince Rupert
English commander
Sir Thomas Fairfax
Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax
English general

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