# Edward the Black Prince

> The eldest son of Edward III who never became king but whose battlefield genius at Crécy and Poitiers — where he routed the French and captured their monarch — made him the shining model of medieval chivalry. He died a year before his father, so the crown passed to his son Richard II instead.

*Prince of Wales (1330-1376)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/edward-the-black-prince

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1330-06-15
- **Died:** 1376-06-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Edward of Woodstock was born 15 June 1330, made Duke of Cornwall at seven, and knighted by his father at sixteen before commanding the vanguard at Crécy that same year. In 1356, after a chevauchée through Auvergne and Limousin, he crushed King John II's army at Poitiers and took the French king prisoner — a feat that cemented his reputation as one of the era's greatest knights. Named Prince of Aquitaine in 1362, he campaigned in Spain, defeating Henry of Trastámara at Nájera in 1367, but the venture left him broke and his attempt to levy a hearth tax alienated the Gascon lords he governed. He returned to England in 1371, resigned his principality the next year, and led the Commons against the Lancastrian faction in 1376 before dying on 8 June, ten months shy of his father's death.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 62.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 6.6 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 27.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 16.1 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Business Professionals, #Journalist, #Politics, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Black_Prince)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184854)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Edward%20the%20Black%20Prince)
- [إدوارد الأمير الأسود](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF)
- [ادوارد الامير الاسود](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF)
- [قارا شاه‌زاده ادوارد](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF)
- [Qara şahzadə Eduard](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qara_%C5%9Fahzad%C9%99_Eduard)
- [Эдуард Чорны Прынц](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A7%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%9F%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%86)
- [Едуард, Черния принц](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86)
- [Edward of Woodstock](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_of_Woodstock)
- [Eduard de Woodstock](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_de_Woodstock)
- [Eduard (černý princ)](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_(%C4%8Dern%C3%BD_princ))
- [Edward, y Tywysog Du](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%2C_y_Tywysog_Du)
- [Edvard, den sorte prins](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard%2C_den_sorte_prins)
- [Edward of Woodstock](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_of_Woodstock)
- [Εδουάρδος του Γούντστοκ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BA)
- [Eduardo de Woodstock](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_de_Woodstock)
- [Eduardo de Woodstock](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_de_Woodstock)
- [Must Prints Edward](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Must_Prints_Edward)
- [Eduardo (Printze Beltza)](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_(Printze_Beltza))
- [ادوارد، شاهزاده سیاه](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%8C_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%87)
- [Edvard Musta prinssi](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Musta_prinssi)
- [Édouard de Woodstock](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_de_Woodstock)
- [Eduardo de Woodstock](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_de_Woodstock)
- [אדוארד, הנסיך השחור](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%93%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93%2C_%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9A_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A8)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edward_the_Black_Prince)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edoardo_il_Principe_Nero)
- [Wikiquote](https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edward_(Czarny_Ksi%C4%85%C5%BC%C4%99))
- [Wikiquote](https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A6%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%86)
- [Eduard die Swart Prins](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_die_Swart_Prins)

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