As a result, during the English Civil War the castle became a Royalist stronghold. Guernsey itself, however, supported the Parliamentarians. The island and the castle exchanged cannon and musket ...

The English civil war broke out in 1642 and saw ... Prince Rupert's ‘Relief of Newark’ was one of the Royalist’s most brilliant victories. The cavalry of the King’s nephew crushed the ...

The poodle belonged to Prince Rupert, an English-German cavalry commander who was on the Royalist side during the English Civil War. Between 1643 and 1644, word spread across Europe about Boy's ...