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Prince Rupert of the Rhine

Royalist cavalry commander, admiral, scientist, and colonial governor.

Prince Rupert of the Rhine

Peter Lely · via Wikipedia: Prince Rupert of the Rhine · Public domain

His birthplace was Prague, Bohemia, in 1619; his father was Frederick V of the Palatinate and his mother was Elizabeth Stuart.[1][2][3]

Quick Facts

Issue
Dudley Bard, Ruperta Howe
House
Palatinate-Simmern
Dynasty
Wittelsbach
Father
Frederick V, Elector Palatine
Mother
Elizabeth Stuart
Born
17 December 1619 (O.S.)
Birthplace
Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia; Holy Roman Empire
Died
29 November 1682 (O.S.)

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

His father Frederick was Elector Palatine and head of the Protestant Union.[2] After Frederick's defeat at the Battle of White Mountain, Rupert's family fled to The Hague, where he was raised with a strict Calvinist school routine.[4][5][6] He became a soldier early, fighting at the siege of Rheinberg at age 14 and later against imperial Spain at Breda.[7] Captured at the Battle of Vlotho in 1638, Rupert was imprisoned in Linz and refused offers to convert to Catholicism for freedom.[8][9][10]

His poor relationships with other Royalist commanders led to his dismissal after surrendering Bristol in 1645.[11][12] After the war he served Louis XIV as a mareschal de camp and later commanded the Royalist fleet in a piracy campaign against English shipping.[13][14] The Wittelsbach ancestor Rupert, King of Germany, was the namesake for this prince.[15] By age three he had acquired some ability in English, Czech, and French, and showed great skill in art under the instruction of Gerard van Honthorst.[16]

What the cited sources add

Pro-Royalist publications parodied these accusations, listing the dog as a transformed "Lapland Lady" able to catch bullets and prophesy.[17] The same source notes Rupert's pet monkey was also featured in newsprint and reputed to have shapeshifting powers.[18] The digital women's lexicon records a 1645 memoir on the life of Rupert's grandmother Louise Juliana of Nassau.[19] Accusations of witchcraft were directed at Rupert, either personally or through his pet dog Boy, who was believed to be a witch's familiar.[17]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Prince Rupert of the Rhine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Spencer, p. 1. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Prince Rupert of the Rhine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Spencer, pp. 6–7. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Prince Rupert of the Rhine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Sophia of Hanover Dies | History Today" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Prince Rupert of the Rhine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Spencer, p. 11.; Spencer, pp. 16–17.; Spencer, p. 14. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Prince Rupert of the Rhine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Spencer, p. 15.; Spencer, p. 20. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Prince Rupert of the Rhine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Spencer, p. 20. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Prince Rupert of the Rhine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Spencer, pp. 28–29.; Spencer, p. 30.; Spencer, p. 35.; Spencer, p. 30. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Prince Rupert of the Rhine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Spencer, pp. 38–39. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Prince Rupert of the Rhine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Spencer, p. 39. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Prince Rupert of the Rhine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Spencer, p. 40.; Spencer, p. 40.; Spencer, pp. 40–41.; Kitson, p. 67. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Prince Rupert of the Rhine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wedgwood, pp. 148–149.; Wedgwood, pp. 148–149.; Wedgwood, p. 149.; Wedgwood, pp. 219–220. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Prince Rupert of the Rhine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Spencer, p. 160. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  13. Wikipedia, "Prince Rupert of the Rhine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Spencer, p. 180.; Spencer, p. 180. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  14. Wikipedia, "Prince Rupert of the Rhine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kitson, p. 54.; Spencer, p. 120. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  15. Wikipedia, "Prince Rupert of the Rhine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Spencer, p. 2. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  16. Wikipedia, "Prince Rupert of the Rhine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Spencer, p. 20.; Spencer, p. 20.; Dalton, notes (chapter 1, note 7). (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  17. Wikipedia, "Prince Rupert of the Rhine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Purkiss, 2001, p. 276.; Stoyle, "The Black Legend of Prince Rupert's Dog", Liverpool University Press, 15 August 2011, p. 50–68; Purkiss, 2007, p. 377. (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  18. Wikipedia, "Prince Rupert of the Rhine" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Newsprint circa 1643" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  19. "Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland", 17 September 2019. facts only, no text reused. resources.huygens.knaw.nl

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Prince Rupert of the Rhine (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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