Prince Rupert of the Rhine
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Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland was an English-German army officer, admiral, scientist, and colonial governor. He first rose to prominence as a Royalist cavalry commander during the English Civil War.
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Rupert (right) with his elder brother, Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (left), in a 1637 portrait by Anthony van Dyck
Rupert as a young man visiting the court of his uncle, King Charles I of England, by Anthony van Dyck
The Eve of the Battle of Edgehill by Charles Landseer, 1845. Charles I (in blue sash) holding a council of war at Edgecote on the day before the Battle of Edgehill. Rupert, seated, commanded the King's cavalry.
Illustration of Prince Rupert at Edgehill.
George Digby, by Sir Anthony Van Dyck; although a less successful soldier, Digby was an increasingly powerful political rival to Rupert within the Royalist court during the second half of the English Civil War
Rupert was a common figure of Parliamentarian propaganda, depicted here, with his dog Boy, pillaging the town of Birmingham
Rupert at the start of the Interregnum, after William Dobson.Awards 2
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Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland was an English-German army officer, admiral, scientist, and colonial governor. He first rose to prominence as a Royalist cavalry commander during the English Civil War. Rupert was the third son of the German Prince Frederick V of the Palatinate and Elizabeth, eldest daughter of King James VI and I of Scotland and England respectively.
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