![]() Prince Rupert, commander of much of Charles I's cavalry, is often considered to be an archetypal Cavalier. Although it referred originally to political and social attitudes and behaviour, of which clothing was a very small part, it has subsequently become strongly identified with the fashionable clothing of the court at the time. It was later adopted by the Royalists themselves. The term " Cavalier" ( / ˌ k æ v ə ˈ l ɪər/) was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier royalist supporters of King Charles I and his son Charles II of England during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – c. ![]() ![]() Prince Rupert of the Rhine, often considered to be an archetypal Cavalier. ![]()
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