Charles I Wins Cropredy Bridge: Last Royal Victory
Charles I personally led his Royalist cavalry to victory over a Parliamentarian force at Cropredy Bridge in Oxfordshire, the last battle an English king would win on English soil. The tactical success temporarily secured the king's communications with his northern supporters, though the broader trajectory of the English Civil War had already turned decisively against the Crown.
June 29, 1644
382 years ago
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