Prince Rupert

(1619-1682)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Rupert, Prince, Count Palatine, 1619-1682 NRA: Rupert (1619-1682) Prince Duke of Cumberland DNB: Rupert, prince and count palatine of the Rhine and duke of Cumberland (1619-1682), royalist army and naval officer LBT ID: PrRupert VIAF ID: 27852482 LOC ID: n50046699	B/BAP: 1619-12-18 DIED: 1682-11-29
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and nephew of Charles I, he was commander of the Royalist cavalry during the English Civil War.
REFERENCES TO Prince Rupert: Sir Walter Scott to Charles Scott, 21 November 1821 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 1: ¶ 4 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter VI 1821 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 6: Wm Gifford Found 1: ¶ 17 Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter VIII Found 1: ¶ 18