Cavaliers facts for kids

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For the basketball team, see Cleveland Cavaliers.

Cavaliers was a nickname for the people who fought for the monarchy during the English Civil War. They fought against the Roundheads and Parliament. At first the name applied only to the royalist cavalry.

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  • Anthonis van Dyck 058

    Prince Rupert of the Rhine, often considered to be an archetypal Cavalier.

  • King Charles I and his adherents

    An engraving depicting Charles I and his adherents.

  • Sir-Anthony-van-Dyck-Lord-John-Stuart-and-His-Brother-Lord-Bernard-Stuart
    Lord John Stewart, c. 1638 (left), pictured with his younger brother Lord Bernard Stewart (1623–1645), by Sir Anthony van Dyck.
  • Sir Anthony Van Dyck - Charles I (1600-49) - Google Art Project

    Charles I in Three Positions, the triple portrait of Charles I by Anthony van Dyck

  • Millais Royalist

    John Everett Millais, The Proscribed Royalist, 1651 (1853)


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