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Siege of Pembroke

Siege of Pembroke was a siege conducted in 1648 at Pembroke Castle, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of Second English Civil War. The recorded result: Parliamentarian victory.

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Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Manfred Heyde, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1648
WherePembroke Castle, United Kingdom51.677N, 4.921W
OutcomeParliamentarian victory
BelligerentsRoyalistsagainstParliamentarians
Casualties and losses30+ killedandUnknown
Part ofSecond English Civil War

Where it sits in Second English Civil War

Siege of Pembroke, 1648Battle of St Fagans, 1648Battle of Maidstone, 1648Siege of Colchester, 1648Battle of Preston, 1648Battle of Winwick, 164816481648Siege of Pembroke, 1648
6 placed engagements of Second English Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1648 (year precision)
to 11 July 1648
PlacePembroke Castle, United Kingdom
51.677N, 4.921W
KindSiege, early modern
Casualties and losses30+ killedUnknown
Commanders
  • Rowland Laugharne
  • Rice Powell
  • John Poyer
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Siege of Pembroke is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7510300, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Pembroke, revision 1370744356, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.