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Prince Rupert's drops (also known as Dutch tears or Batavian tears) [1] [2] are toughened glass beads created by dripping molten glass into cold water, which causes it to solidify into a tadpole -shaped droplet with a long, thin tail.
Prince Rupert was born on December 17, 1619, in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, to Frederick V, an Elector Palatine and head of the Protestant Union, and his wife, Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James I of England and Anne of Denmark.
Dec 17, 2013 · Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia. Artist Unknown. NPG 5529, © The National Portrait Gallery, London. Young Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of King James I and his Danish Queen consort, Anne, was seventeen when she married Frederick V, Elector Palatine, who was a few days younger than she.
Prince Rupert (1619-1682), Count Palatine of the Rhine and Duke of Cumberland and Bavaria, was buried on 6th December 1682 in a vault with his mother in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey. Born in Prague he was a son of Frederick V, sometime King of Bohemia and his wife Elizabeth Stuart (1596-1662), the "Queen of Hearts ...
Jan 15, 2022 · Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, military commander, privateer, administrator, artist, scientist, first governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company and founding member of the Royal African Company (born 17 December 1619 in Prague, Bohemia [now Czech Republic]; died 29 November 1682 in London, England [now United Kingdom]).
He lived the rest of his life in exile with his wife and family, mostly at The Hague, and died in Mainz in 1632. His eldest surviving son Charles Louis was restored to the electorate in 1648 under the Peace of Westphalia. Another son was Prince Rupert of the Rhine, one of the most colourful figures of his
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May 31, 2018 · Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619-1682) was the fourth of the thirteen children born to Frederick V of the Palatinate (1596-1632) and his wife Elizabeth Stuart (1596-1662) the second child and eldest daughter of King James I of England (James IV of Scotland).
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