Who was the black prince?

Question

Who was the black prince?

Answer 1

son of Edward III

Answer 2

Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, KG (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376), popularly known as the Black Prince, was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, and father to King Richard II of England. Edward, an effective military leader and popular during his life, died one year before his father and so never ruled as king (becoming the first English Prince of Wales to suffer that fate). The throne passed instead to his son Richard, a minor, upon the death of Edward III.

Although Edward is almost always now called the "Black Prince", there is no record of this name being used during his lifetime. He was instead known as Edward of Woodstock, after his place of birth. The "Black Prince" sobriquet "is first found in writing in Richard Grafton's "Chronicle of England" (1568.) [1] Its origin is uncertain; according to tradition, it derived from an ornate black cuirass (piece of body armour) presented to the young prince by Edward III at the battle of Crécy.

It is possible that the name was first coined by French chroniclers in reference to the ruinous military defeats he had inflicted on France or his cruelty in these.

Answer 3

Edward the Black Prince (1330 - 1376)



known as the Black Prince Although Edward never became king - he died before his father, Edward III - he is remembered as a great medieval military hero, with notable victories against the French in the Hundred Years War.

Edward was born on 15 June 1330 at Woodstock in Oxfordshire, the eldest son of Edward III. He was created prince of Wales in 1343. He showed military brilliance at an early age, playing a key role in the defeat of the French army at the Battle of Crecy when he was only 16. In 1355, he was appointed his father's lieutenant in Gascony and the following year led another significant victory against the French at Poitiers, taking the French king prisoner.

In 1362, Edward married Joan of Kent and was created prince of Aquitaine and Gascony by his father. Edward and his wife went to live in his new French domains. In 1367, Edward led an expedition to Spain, to restore the deposed King Pedro of Castile, and proved himself again with victory at the Battle of Najera in northern Castile. Edward returned to Aquitaine, where he made himself unpopular with the nobility by levying taxes to pay for his Spanish expedition. They rose in revolt against him and in 1370 Edward besieged the city of Limoges. When it fell 3,000 of its inhabitants were massacred. A year later, Edward returned to England.

Edward died aged 45 on 8 June 1376, probably from an illness contracted in Spain, and was buried in great splendour in Canterbury Cathedral. His young son Richard succeeded his grandfather Edward III a year later.

During his lifetime he was known as Edward of Woodstock; the title of Black Prince developed after his death and may refer to black armour that he wore.

Answer 4

Edward the Black Prince was not the father of Richard the Lionheart.  He was father to Richard II.

http://www.nndb.com/people/963/000094681...

http://www.history.ac.uk/richardII/richa...

(The parents of Richard the Lionheart were Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine.)

http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/plantag...

Answer 5

HRH Prince Seeiso of Lesotho.

Answer 6

the black prince, father of richard the lionhearted hero was a big shot that time but died before he could be king himself, so his son followed his granddad to the throne.

Answer 7

Prince Edward was a Norman prince at a time when England was still possesed land in France.

He was the father of Richard the Lionheart.

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Answer 8

Will Smith was the Fresh Prince, but he was also black... so, yeah... It was Will Smith.

Answer 9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward,_the...

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Answer 10

friend of mine..

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Answer 11

The Black Prince was the oldest son of Edward the III. He was also called Edward. He never became king because he predeceased his father. He was a brilliant soldier but a poor administrator so maybe he would not have been a successful monarch.