RUPERT, PRINCE

(1619-82), Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, Duke of Cumber land (cr. 1644);;nephew of Charles I. of England, being son of Elector Frederick V. by Elizabeth, dau. of James I.; commanded royal forces in Civil War; skilful, though often rash, cavalry officer; distinguished as admiral against Dutch under Charles II.; pioneer in mezzotint engraving.