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Prince Rupert is the protagonist of Poul Anderson's alternative history/fantasy book A Midsummer Tempest, where the Prince, with the help of various Shakespearean characters who are actual persons in this timeline, eventually defeats Cromwell and wins the English Civil War.
Prince Rupert was the most talented Royalist commander of the English Civil War (1642–51). His tactical genius and daring as a cavalry officer brought him many victories early in the war, but his forces eventually were overcome by the more highly disciplined Parliamentary army.
Rupert became a soldier and fought in the Thirty Years War (1618 - 1648). This gave him useful military experience when, in 1642, he joined Charles I's army in the English Civil War. He...
From 24 April to 5 May, he held a council of war attended by his nephew and most renowned field commander, Prince Rupert. It was settled that while the King attempted to play for time in Oxford, Rupert would relieve York.
The result was the largest battle of the First English Civil War, the Battle of Marston Moor. At first the Prince’s adroit maneuvering, using what is now referred to as the “indirect approach,” forced the besieging allied army to abandon its positions before York and retreat.
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.
Prince Rupert. Born: 17 December 1619; Died: 29 November 1682; Roundhead or Cavalier? Cavalier; Role in the Civil War. Prince Rupert was King Charles I’s nephew and during the British Civil Wars was given command of the Cavalry. Having fought in the Thirty Years War 1618-1648 (a series of wars fought in Europe) Prince Rupert was an ...
In 1642 the outbreak of the Civil War encouraged Rupert and his younger brother Maurice to assemble a staff of English and Scottish veterans from the European wars to come to the aid of their uncle. He was appointed Commander of the King’s Cavalry and routed the Parliamentarians at the Battle of Edghill in 1643.
The victory of the Parliamentarian New Model Army, under Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, over the Royalist army, commanded by Prince Rupert, at the Battle of Naseby (June 14, 1645) marked the decisive turning point in the English Civil War.
He served as a cavalry commander during the English Civil War, earning a reputation for his daring tactics and bold cavalry charges. Rupert played a key role in the naval operations during the Third Anglo-Dutch War, leading English forces against Dutch ships.