2-588-574 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619-1682), a noted German soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman, colonial governor and amateur artist. Rupert was a younger son of the German prince Frederick V, Elector Palatine and his wife Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of James I of England. Thus Rupert was the nephew of King Charles I of England, who created him Duke of Cumberland and Earl of Holderness, and the first cousin of King Charles II of England. Taken from a series of cigarette cards entitled 'Celebrities of British History' produced by Carreas Ltd, 1935.