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Prince Rupert’s Regiment of Horse
| Active | 1642-1646 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Royalist |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Type | Horse |
| Colonel | Prince Rupert |
| Area Raised | |
| Flag Colour | Unknown |
| Flag Design | Unknown |
| Field Armies | Oxford 1642-3 |
| Rupert 1644 | |
| Oxford 1645 | |
The most famous regiment of Royalist horse, led by Prince Rupert, nephew of King Charles I
Service History
1642
- August: Taking of Caldecote Hall
- September: Battle of Powick Bridge
- October: Skirmish at King’s Norton?
- October: Skirmish at Wormleighton
- October: Battle of Edgehill
- November: Battle of Aylesbury
- November: Standoff at Windsor
- November: Skirmish at Kingston upon Thames
- November: Battle of Brentford
- November: Standoff at Turnham Green
- December: Storm of Marlborough
- December: Quartered at Abingdon
1643
- January: Standoff at Cirencester
- February: Storm of Cirencester
- March: Standoff at Bristol
- March: Stormed at Malmesbury (det)
- March: Skirmish at Aylesbury
- March: Taking of Malmesbury
- April: Storm of Birmingham
- April: Siege of Lichfield
- June: Skirmish at Islip
- June: Skirmish at Chinnor
- June: Battle of Chalgrove Field
- July: Skirmish at Padbury
- July: Storm of Bristol
- August to September: Siege of Gloucester
- September: Skirmish at Stow on the Wold
- September: Battle of Aldbourne Chase
- September: First Battle of Newbury
- September: Skirmish at Aldermaston & Padworth
- October: Taking of Newport Pagnell?
- October: Repulsed from Northampton
- October: Taking of Bedford
- November: Skirmish at Towcester?
1644
- January: Standoff at Aylesbury
- March: Skirmish at Market Drayton
- March: Battle of Newark
- May: Skirmish at Knutsford?
- May: Storm of Stockport
- May: Storm of Bolton
- June: Siege of Liverpool
- June: Taking of Clitheroe?
- July: Battle of Marston Moor
- August: Skirmish at Welshpool
- September: Skirmish at Newtown (det)
- November: Relief of Donnington
1645
- January: Repulsed from Abingdon
- April: Skirmish at Ledbury
- April: Relief of Beeston Castle
- April: Storm of Ledbury
- May: Siege of Hawkesley House
- May: Storm of Leicester
- June: Battle of Naseby
- August to September: Besieged in Bristol
1646
- May to June: Besieged in Oxford
- June: Disbanded at surrender of Oxford
Notes
Flags
Notable Officers
Prince Rupert
Strength
See Also
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Prince Rupert's Regiment of Horse are re-enacted by Prince Rupert's Cavalry of the Sealed Knot.
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