Prince Ruprecht o the Palainate, Duke o Cumberland
(Reguidit frae Prince Rupert o the Rhine)
Prince Ruprecht o the Palainate, Duke o Cumberland 17 December 1619 – 29 November 1682) in 1644 Charles I, Keeng o Scots gave him the teetle Duke o Cumberland. Because he haed nae legitimste childer the teetle reverted back tae the croun. He wis a Prince o the Palatinate an wis aa cried Prince Rupert o the Rhine. He wis a Soldier, statesman, privateer, an scientist.
Prince Ruprecht | |
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Count Palatine of the Rhine Duke o Cumberland Yerl o Holderness | |
![]() Ruprecht (right) with his brither, Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (left), in a 1637 portrait bi Anthony van Dyck. | |
Born | 17 December 1619 Prague, Bohemie |
Dee'd | 29 November 1682 London, Ingland | (aged 62)
Buirial | 6 December 1682 Westminster Abbey |
Issue | Dudley Bard (1666–1686) Ruperta Howe (1671–1740) |
Hoose | Wittelsbach (Palatinate branch) |
Faither | Frederick V, Elector Palatine |
Mither | Elizabeth Stuart |
Releegion | Calvinist |
Thrift | soldier, statesman, scientist |
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