Rupert's Land
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Rupert's Land, or Prince Rupert's Land, was a territory in British America based on the Hudson Bay drainage basin. The right to "sole trade and commerce" over Rupert's Land was granted to the Hudson's
Métis fur trader, c. 1870
Prince Rupert of the Rhine
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Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland was an English–German army officer, admiral, scientist, and colonial governor. He first rose to prominence as a Royalist cavalry commander during the Eng
Rupert's Land
…Factory, effectively giving that company a commercial monopoly over the area. The territory operated for 200 years from 1670 to 1870. Its namesake was Prince Rupert of the Rhine, who was a nephew of King Charles I and the first governor of the HBC. In December 1821, the HBC monopoly was extended from Rupert's Land to the Pacific…
Portrait by Peter Lely, 1667–1671
Rupert (right) with his elder brother, Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (left), in a 1637 portrait by Anthony van Dyck
Rupert as a young man visiting the court of his uncle, King Charles I of England, by Anthony van Dyck
The Eve of the Battle of Edgehill by Charles Landseer, 1845. Charles I (in blue sash) holding a council of war at Edgecote on the day before the Battle of Edgehill. Rupert, seated, commanded the King's cavalry.