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Family and Education
b. 27 Dec. 1619, 3rd s. of Friedrich V, king of Bohemia and elector of the Rhine Palatinate, and Elizabeth, da. of James I of England. educ. Leiden. unm. 1s. (illegit.) with Frances, da. of Henry Bard, Visct. Bellomont [I]; 1da. (illegit.) with Margaret Hughes, actress. KG 1642. d. 29 Nov. 1682; will 27 Nov. 1682, pr. 1 Dec. 1682. TNA, PROB 11/371.
Offices Held

Gen. of horse 1642; c.-in-c. R. army, 1644 – 45; adm. of the white 1665; col. regt. of horse 1667; constable of Windsor Castle 1668 – d.; v.-adm. of England 1672 – d.; adm. of the fleet and 1st lord of the adm. 1673 – 79.

Master of the horse to Charles I, 1644 – 45, to Charles II in exile, 1653 – 55; envoy to Vienna 1654; PC 1662 – d.; commr. Tangier 1673. HEHL, EL 8456.

Pres. of the council in Wales, 1644 – 45; ld. lt. Berks. 1670 – d., Surr. 1675 – d.; high steward Windsor, by 1681–d. Bodl. Tanner 158, f. 15.

Gov. Hudson’s Bay co. 1670 – d.

FRS 1665.

Parlimentarian
RUPERT, Prince Palatine of the Rhine (1619-82)
Associated with: Spring Gardens, Westminster;Kitson, Prince Rupert, 235.; Windsor Castle, Berks.
Likenesses

oil on canvas aft. W. Dobson, group portrait, c.1642–64, Ashdown House, Oxf.; oil on canvas by P. Lely, c.1665–6, Royal Collection RCIN 405883; oil on canvas by P. Lely, c.1667, National Maritime Museum; oil on canvas by J.M. Wright, c.1672, Magdalen Coll. Oxf.

Author
Paley, Ruth
Eagles, Robin
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion