First English Civil War
1642 โ 1646
Result Parliamentarian victory
Royalists and Parliamentarians, the latter joined by Scottish Covenanters, fought across England and Wales; Parliament won.
Battles 2
July 2, 1644
Battle of Marston Moor
Parliamentarian-Scottish victory
Near Long Marston, Yorkshire, England
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Oliver Cromwell
June 14, 1645
Battle of Naseby
Parliamentarian victory
Near Naseby, Northamptonshire
Charles I of England, Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Oliver Cromwell
Key commanders
Parliamentarians (Roundheads) 6
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex
military commander
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
military commander
Oliver Cromwell
military commander
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven
military commander
Thomas Fairfax
military commander
Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
military commander
