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Edward Plantagenet, The Black Prince

Male 1330 - 1376  (45 years)


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  • Name Edward Plantagenet 
    Suffix The Black Prince 
    Birth 15 Jun 1330  Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 8 Jun 1376  [1] 
    Person ID I1233  Bourchiers
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2020 

    Father Edward Plantagenet, King Edward III,   b. 13 Nov 1312, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1377, Sheen Palace, Richmond, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Philippa, of Hainault,   b. 24 Jun 1314   d. 15 Aug 1369 (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 24 Jan 1328 
    Family ID F524  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joan Plantagenet, 4th Countess of Kent,   b. 19 Sep 1328   d. 7 Aug 1385 (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 10 Oct 1361  [1] 
    Children 
     1. King Richard Plantagenet, King Richard II,   b. 6 Jan 1367, Bordeaux, Duchy of Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Feb 1400, Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire, Engand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
    Family ID F562  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Jul 2015 

  • Notes 
    • Edward of Woodstock KG (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376), called the Black Prince, was the eldest son of King Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, and the father of King Richard II of England. He was the first Duke of Cornwall (from 1337), the Prince of Wales (from 1343) and the Prince of Aquitaine (1362–72).

      He was called "Edward of Woodstock" in his early life, after his birthplace, and since the 16th century has been popularly known as the Black Prince. He was an exceptional military leader, and his victories over the French at the Battles of Crécy and Poitiers made him very popular during his lifetime. In 1348 he became the first Knight of the Garter, of whose order he was one of the founders.

      Edward died one year before his father, becoming the first English Prince of Wales not to become King of England. The throne passed instead to his son Richard II, a minor, upon the death of Edward III.

      Richard Barber comments that Edward "has attracted relatively little attention from serious historians, but figures largely in popular history.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1870] Wikipedia, (en.wikipedia.org), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_III_of_England.