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A number of key figures are depicted. King Charles stands in the centre, wearing the blue sash of the Order of the Garter. Lord Lindsey stands to his right him gesturing at the map with his baton. The standard bearer behind them is Edmund Verney. Seated, to the King's left, is Prince Rupert of the Rhine who became a noted cavalry commander.
Although Rupert had counselled the King against accepting battle at Naseby, the opinions of Digby had won the day in council: nonetheless, Rupert's defeat damaged him, rather than Digby, politically. [55] After Naseby, Rupert regarded the Royalist cause as lost, and urged Charles to conclude a peace with Parliament.
A weather vane reportedly shot by Prince Rupert during the battle. It was about three in the afternoon that Rupert, to his surprise, found that "the sturdy sons of freedom", [15] as the local historians Hutton and Guest called them, were determined to fight. This determination was opposed to the opinion of the Parliamentarians—not only of the ...
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria, Duke of Bavaria, Franconia and in Swabia, Count Palatine by the Rhine (Rupprecht Maria Luitpold Ferdinand; English: Rupert Maria Leopold Ferdinand; 18 May 1869 – 2 August 1955), was the last heir apparent to the Bavarian throne.
Both parties continued on to their destinations: Rupert joined King Charles, while Lord Willoughby joined Essex. The historian J. W. Willis-Bund speculated that it may have been Willoughby who provided the information on Rupert's (and the King's) movements, which led Essex to move his army towards Worcester on 19 October. [1]
As Lord Lindsey was a most experienced soldier of 59 years of age at the start of the English Civil War, King Charles I had appointed him General-in-chief of the Royalists for the Battle of Edgehill. However, the King had imprudently exempted the cavalry from Lindsey's command, its general, the King's nephew Prince Rupert of the Rhine, taking ...
The Battle of Vlotho was fought on 17 October 1638. It was a victory for the Imperial Army under the command of Field Marshal Melchior von Hatzfeldt , and ended the attempt by Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine , to recapture the Electoral Palatinate .
Rupert set up his headquarters in Shrewsbury on 21 February. Meanwhile, the Parliamentarian forces in the Midland counties advanced to besiege the Royalist stronghold of Newark-on-Trent. Newark was a vital garrison, as it dominated the River Trent , and also posed a threat to the Parliamentarians in the eastern counties of England.