Prince Rupert of the Rhine, a younger…

August 1649 CE

Prince Rupert of the Rhine, a younger son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and Elizabeth Stewart, and the nephew of King Charles I of England, who had created him Duke of Cumberland and Earl of Holderness, had on January 11, 1649, following a degree of reconciliation with Charles II, led eight undermanned ships to Kinsale in Ireland in an attempt to prevent the Parliamentarians taking Ireland from the Royalists.

Blake has blockaded Rupert's fleet in Kinsale from May 22, ...

Locations
Kinsale Cork Ireland View →

People
Charles II View → Elizabeth Stuart View → Oliver Cromwell View → Prince Rupert of the Rhine View → Robert Blake View →

Groups
Ireland, (English) Kingdom of View → England, (Stuart) Kingdom of View → Confederate Ireland (Irish Catholic Confederation [Confederation of Kilkenny]) View → England, Commonwealth of View →

Topics
Three Kingdoms, Wars of the View → Irish Rebellion, Great View → Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland View → Interregnum, English (First) View →

Commodities
Weapons View →

Subjects
Commerce View → Watercraft View → Labor and Service View → Conflict View → Faith View → Government View → Technology View →

Regions

Subregions

Related Events

Active Filters
People: Ine of Wessex
Location: Sackets Harbor Jefferson New York United States
Refine Results

No related events match the current filters.