Commonwealth and Protectorate
Appearance
The Commonwealth and Protectorate (1649–1660) refers to the kingless governments of England (including Wales and Cornwall), Scotland, Great Britain and Ireland during the Interregnum between the actual reigns of the Stuart King Charles I (1625–1649) and his son King Charles II (1660–1685).
See
- Commonwealth of England (under parliamentary rule, 1649–1653 and 1659–1660)
and
- The Protectorate (The Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1653–1659),
under the Lords Protectors, first Oliver Cromwell (1653–1658) and then his son Richard Cromwell (1658–1659)
See also
[edit]England
Great Britain, Ireland and the colonies
- British Interregnum
- Wars of the Three Kingdoms
- English overseas possessions in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
- Colony of Virginia#English Civil War and Commonwealth (1642–1660)
- Battle of the Severn (Maryland, 1655)
- Restoration (1660)
Scotland
- Interregnum (Scotland)
- Scotland in the Early Modern Era
- Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
- Scotland under the Commonwealth
- Restoration (Scotland)
Ireland
- Interregnum (Ireland)
- Kingdom of Ireland
- Confederate Ireland
- Irish Confederate Wars
- Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
- Restoration (Ireland)
External links
[edit]- United Kingdom: Flags (and arms) of the Interregnum, 1649–1660, Flags of the World web site, retrieved 13 May 2013