Prince Rupert of the Rhine

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German-English nobleman Royalist admiral cavalry commander human member of the Royal Society military commander prince scientist

Prince Rupert of the Rhine was a 17th-century German-English royal prince best known as a charismatic Royalist cavalry commander in the English Civil War and later an admiral, scientist, and early member of the Royal Society.

Aliases (1)

Prince Rupert of the Rhine – England ×1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German-English nobleman → Royalist → admiral → cavalry commander → human → member of the Royal Society → military commander → prince → scientist →
allegiance	Cavalier faction → Royalists →
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey →
citizenship	Electoral Palatinate → Kingdom of England →
conflict	English Civil War → Second Anglo-Dutch War → Third Anglo-Dutch War → Thirty Years' War →
countryOfBirth	Kingdom of Bohemia →
countryOfDeath	Kingdom of England →
dateOfBirth	1619-12-17 →
dateOfDeath	1682-11-29 →
father	Frederick V, Elector Palatine →
fieldOfWork	engraving → military strategy → natural philosophy → naval warfare →
fullName	Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine →
givenName	Rupert →
languageSpoken	English → German →
memberOf	Royal Society →
militaryBranch	Royalist cavalry →
militaryRank	general →
mother	Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia →
nobleFamily	House of Wittelsbach →
notableFor	charismatic Royalist cavalry leadership → early scientific experiments in optics and glass → service as an English admiral →
notableWork	development of Prince Rupert's drops →
placeOfBirth	Prague →
placeOfDeath	Westminster →
positionHeld	Constable of Windsor Castle → Duke of Cumberland → Earl of Holderness → First Lord of the Admiralty → Privy Counsellor of England →
relative	Charles I of England → Charles II of England → James I of England →
religion	Protestantism →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine → Prince Maurice of the Palatinate →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Edgehill → Battle of Lowestoft → Battle of Marston Moor → Battle of Naseby → Battle of Solebay → Battle of Texel (1673) → Four Days' Battle → Raid on the Medway →	commander
Prince Rupert → Prince Rupert's Tower → Prince Rupert, British Columbia → Rupert's Land →	namedAfter
Royalists → Wars of the Three Kingdoms →	notableCommander
English Civil War →	commandedBy
Hudson's Bay Company →	foundedBy
Battle of Texel (1673) ("Prince Rupert of the Rhine – England") →	hasCommanderForSide
Second English Civil War →	hasOpposingCommander
Royalists →	notableLeader
Battle of Edgehill →	primaryRoyalistCavalryLeader
Battle of Naseby →	RoyalistCommander
Sophia of the Palatinate →	sibling