Prince Rupert of the Rhine

✶December 27, 1619

†November 29, 1682

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About their life

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.

English-German aristocrat, army officer, admiral, scientist, and colonial administrator (1619–1682)

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