Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Also known as Prince of Bavaria Rupert, Prince, Count Palatine Rupert, Prince of Bavaria Ruprecht, Prince Palatine of the Rhine Ruprecht, Prince, Count Palatine Robert, Prince Rupert du Rhin, Prince of Bavaria Prince Palatine of The Rhine Ruprecht, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, 1st Duke of Cumberland, 1st Earl of Holderness Rupert
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15 objects attributed to Prince Rupert of the Rhine, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland (17 December [O.S. 27 December] 1619 – 29 November [O.S. 9 December] 1682) 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.
Prince Rupert's coat of arms as a Prince Palatine of the Rhine, showing the arms of the Palatinate quartered with his dynastical arms of Wittelsbach
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