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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.

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  • Edward, the Black Prince
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  • 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.
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place of burial
  • Canterbury Cathedral, Kent
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  • 2(xsd:integer)
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Birth Date
  • 1330-06-15(xsd:date)
death place
  • Palace of Westminster
Spouse
Name
  • Edward of Woodstock
Caption
  • Edward, Prince of Wales as Knight of the Order of the Garter, 1453, illustration from the Bruges Garter Book
Issue
Father
Mother
Birth Place
  • Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire
Title
death date
  • 1376-06-08(xsd:date)
House
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  • #Marriage and issue
Years
  • 1330(xsd:integer)
  • 1337(xsd:integer)
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Styles
  • The Prince of Wales
  • Edward of Woodstock
  • The Duke of Cornwall
  • The Earl of Chester
abstract
  • 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."
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