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Rupert of the Palatinate (German: Ruprecht von der Pfalz; 5 May 1352 – 18 May 1410), sometimes known as Robert of the Palatinate, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, was Elector Palatine from 1398 (as Rupert III) and King of Germany from 1400 until his death.
- 21 August 1400 – 18 May 1410
- Beatrice of Aragon
Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland. Bohemian Prince Rupert fought for the Crown against Parliament in England’s Civil War. This article appears in: August 2003
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Dec 17, 2013 · The year 1644 was the turning-point of the war….Rupert was sent from Oxford to retrieve the situation, and in particular to raise the siege of York. At first he was singularly successful, for he compelled the Parliamentary forces before Newark to capitulate, and then captured Stockport, Bolton, and Liverpool.
Mar 17, 2015 · Prince Rupert was the foremost Royalist military commander in the English Civil War. Prince Rupert was very much a cavalry soldier and the Royalists may have lost the war a lot sooner had it not been for his military ability. Prince Rupert was born in 1619. He was the third son of Frederick of the Palatinate and Elizabeth, the daughter of James I.
Palatinate campaign. / 49.500°N 8.017°E / 49.500; 8.017 ( Lower Palatinate) The Palatinate campaign (30 August 1620 – 27 August 1623), also known as the Spanish conquest of the Palatinate or the Palatinate phase of the Thirty Years' War was a campaign conducted by the Imperial army of the Holy Roman Empire against the Protestant ...
- 30 August 1620 – 27 August 1623
- Protestant defeat
Prince Rupert (also called Rupert of the Rhine) was the most well known commander in the English Civil War. Rupert’s military ability as a cavalry soldier was of great benefit to the Royalist army. Born at Prague in Bohemia on 17 December 1619, Prince Rupert was the third son of Charles I's sister Elizabeth (the "Winter Queen") by her ...
May 1, 2024 · Rupert (born May 5, 1352, Amberg, Rhenish Palatinate [Germany]—died May 18, 1410, near Oppenheim, Rhenish Palatinate) was a German king from 1400 and, as Rupert III, elector Palatine of the Rhine from 1398.
