Prince of Wales Edward "The Black Prince" Plantagenet

1330 - 1376  (45 years)

• Name	Edward "The Black Prince" Plantagenet  [1, 2]
  Title	Prince of Wales
  Birth	15 Jun 1330	Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	8 Jun 1376	Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Burial	Canterbury Cathedral, London, England
  Person ID	I8714	Bob Juch's Tree
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Edward Plantagenet, King of England III,   b. 13 Nov 1312, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England d. 21 Jun 1377, Shene Palace On-The-Thames, Richmond, Surrey, England (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	of Hainault Philippa d'Avesnes,   b. 24 Jun 1314, Le Quesnoy, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France d. 15 Aug 1369, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	24 Jan 1327	York Minster, Deangate, Yorkshire, England   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F3321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joan Plantagenet, 4th Countess of Kent,   b. 29 Sep 1326, Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England d. 7 Aug 1385, Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	10 Oct 1361	Windsor, Berkshire, England
  Children	1. King of England Richard II Plantagenet,   b. 6 Jan 1367, Bordeaux, Gascony, France d. 14 Feb 1400, Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire, England (Age 33 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F3422	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 10 Oct 1361 - Windsor, Berkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  He distinguished himself as a military leader during the Hundred Years' War. During his lifetime he was called Edward of Woodstock; the name Black Prince was given him because of the black armor he wore. Parts of his armor still hang in Canterbury Cathedral.

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). [S91] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: The royal lineage of the Hamlins : being the branch of the Hamlin family descended through Mary Dunham, who was born 1642, probably at Plymouth, Mass., and married Nov. 20, 1662, James Hamlin, Jr. of Bartstable, Mass. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [S40] Heritage Consulting, Millennium File, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;).