Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell (1599 – 1658) was an English military and political leader who overthrew the monarchy during the English Civil War.
==Biography==
Oliver Cromwell was the leader of the parliamentary forces against Charles I in the English Civil War, and contributed to the dismantling of the monarchy. After helping to establish the British Isles as a republic, Cromwell served as the first chairman of the Council of State during the republican period.Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Database: Executed After Death
In 1651, Oliver Cromwell led his army into the , hoping to defeat the army of Charles II. Cromwell's army heavily outnumbered Charles II and his men. Cromwell's army managed to force their opponents into retreating, after which they lost track of Charles.Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy – Holidays: Chapter 1 – Ghosts of Christmas Past
Cromwell was also a major player that helped the . Despite his political and military successes, Cromwell faced the difficult task of appeasing both the Royalist and republican sides in . He refused to be a king and was careful to keep his republican officers satisfied. Cromwell attempted a new constitutional arrangement, but provoked an intense republican reaction.
During Charles' exile in Europe, Oliver Cromwell was named of the and ruled over England for seven years, until he died. 
During the late 1650s, Cromwell's health deteriorated rapidly. He contracted malaria and died on September 3, 1658. After his death, the Stuart monarchy began to restore itself in the country. The new Parliament ordered Cromwell's posthumous execution and a corpse who may or may have not been Cromwell's was hung up at in London as a symbolic end to Cromwell's Parliamentary reign and the return of the Stuart monarch in England.
After his death, his son took control of parliament, but he abdicated within the month, which gave George Monck a chance to seize London and restore Charles to the throne of England.
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy 
*Assassin's Creed: Initiates 
*Assassin's Creed: Syndicate 
==References==
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