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Edward (the Black Prince)

Type Figure Region England Time 1330–1376 Also known as Prince of Wales

Edward, the Black Prince, eldest son of Edward III and Prince of Wales, was an English commander active in France during the Hundred Years' War, fame…

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  1. 1330–1346Woodstock · EnglandBorn at Woodstock as eldest son of Edward III, he was created Duke of Cornwall and Prince of Wales in childhood, received knightly and administrative training at court and in the army, and in the 1340s joined his father in preparations for the war against France.
  2. 1346–1356Crécy · PicardyHe led the English left wing at the Battle of Crécy in 1346 and won military renown, afterwards commanding several chevauchées into France; at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356 he captured King John II of France, a landmark victory of the Hundred Years' War.
  3. 1362–1376Bordeaux · AquitaineCreated Duke of Aquitaine in 1362 and governing from Bordeaux, he carried out tax and judicial reforms; in the 1370s he fell into difficulties over Castilian intervention and internal unrest, and returned to England in his late years through illness, never inheriting the throne.

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