{"slug": "edward-the-black-prince", "label": "Edward the Black Prince", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Black_Prince", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184854", "qid": "Q184854", "description": "Prince of Wales (1330–1376)", "entries": 20, "years": 15, "span": [1328, 1385], "span_label": ["1328 CE", "1385 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "edward-iii", "label": "Edward III", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "hundred-years-war", "label": "Hundred Years' War", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "richard-ii-of-england", "label": "Richard II of England", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-france", "label": "Kingdom of France", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "henry-ii-of-castile", "label": "Henry II of Castile", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "aquitaine", "label": "Aquitaine", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "bordeaux", "label": "Bordeaux", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "john-of-gaunt", "label": "John of Gaunt", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "edward-iii-of-england", "label": "Edward III of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "crown-of-castile", "label": "Crown of Castile", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1328, "year_label": "1328 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 24", "text": "January 24 – Philippa of Hainault marries King Edward III of England a year after his coronation. The marriage produces ten children, the eldest of whom is Edward the Black Prince.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344099935#Events", "title": "1328", "revid": 1344099935, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1328, "year_label": "1328 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – Joan of Kent, princess of Wales, spouse of Edward the Black Prince (d. 1385)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344099935#Births", "title": "1328", "revid": 1344099935, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1330, "year_label": "1330 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – Edward the Black Prince, son of Edward III of England (d. 1376)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350440644#Births", "title": "1330", "revid": 1350440644, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1337, "year_label": "1337 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 16", "text": "March 16 – Edward the Black Prince establishes the Duchy of Cornwall, becoming the first English Duke.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359629159#January–December", "title": "1337", "revid": 1359629159, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1355, "year_label": "1355 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 5", "text": "October 5–December 2 – Hundred Years' War: Black Prince's chevauchée of 1355 – A large mounted Anglo-Gascon force under the command of Edward the Black Prince marches from Bordeaux in English-held Gascony 300 miles (480 km) south to Narbonne and back, devastating a wide swathe of French territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357199170#Events", "title": "1355", "revid": 1357199170, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1356, "year_label": "1356 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 19", "text": "September 19 – Hundred Years' War – Battle of Poitiers: The English, commanded by Edward the Black Prince, defeat the French. The greatly outnumbered English forces not only rout the French, but capture the French king John II of France and his youngest son, the future Philip the Bold of Burgundy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350441440#January–December", "title": "1356", "revid": 1350441440, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1361, "year_label": "1361 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 10", "text": "October 10 – Edward the Black Prince marries Joan of Kent at Windsor Castle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364918335#January–December", "title": "1361", "revid": 1364918335, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1367, "year_label": "1367 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 3", "text": "April 3 – Battle of Nájera: Pedro of Castile is restored as King of Castile (in modern-day Spain) after defeating his half-brother, King Enrique the Fratricidal. Pedro is aided in the battle by the English under Edward the Black Prince, and Henry by the French.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373413377#April–June", "title": "1367", "revid": 1373413377, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1367, "year_label": "1367 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 28", "text": "February 28 – King Enrique II of Castile sends a letter of challenge to Edward, the Black Prince of England, who has already crossed the Pyrenees into Spain with 27,000 troops, daring him to help King Pedro to reclaim the Castilian throne, prompting Edward to organize an army and invade Spain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373413377#January–March", "title": "1367", "revid": 1373413377, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1367, "year_label": "1367 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 2", "text": "May 2 – At Burgos in Spain, Edward the Black Prince of England attempts to get himself and his soldiers paid by King Pedro of Castile for their services at the battle of Najera, but receives instead a renewal of a bond to secure the debt owed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373413377#April–June", "title": "1367", "revid": 1373413377, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1368, "year_label": "1368 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 17", "text": "October 17 – Lionel, Duke of Clarence, second only to Edward the Black Prince as heir to the throne of England, dies in Italy at the age of 29, less than five months after her May 28 marriage to Violante Visconti, daughter of Galeazzo II Visconti Lord of Milan. Lionel's death, suspected to have been from accidental food poisoning, ends any chance for an alliance between England and Milan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371792677#October–December", "title": "1368", "revid": 1371792677, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1369, "year_label": "1369 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 25", "text": "January 25 – King Charles of France sends a summons to Edward the Black Prince, who is residing at Bordeaux, demanding that Edward appear before the King in Paris to answer for Edward's assessment of taxes on the people of Aquitaine. The Black Prince reportedly responds with the threat \"We will willingly attend at Paris on the day appointed since the King of France sends for us, but it shall be with our helmet on our head and 60,000 men in our company\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371621472#January–March", "title": "1369", "revid": 1371621472, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1370, "year_label": "1370 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 19", "text": "September 19 – The Siege of Limoges takes place in the course of the Hundred Years' War as the English Army, led by Edward the Black Prince, retakes the of Limoges from the French by storm with wide destruction, effectively ending the Limoges enamel industry.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370872148#July–September", "title": "1370", "revid": 1370872148, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1371, "year_label": "1371 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "January", "text": "January – Edward the Black Prince, gives up the administration of Aquitaine and returns to England, because of his poor health and heavy debts.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370413855#January–March", "title": "1371", "revid": 1370413855, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1374, "year_label": "1374 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – Edward the Black Prince, eldest son and heir apparent to England's King Edward III, presides over a council of bishops and nobles at Westminster on Whitsunday to review a demand by Pope Gregory XI for a subsidy from England to help the Papal States in the war against the Republic of Florence. In his letter, the Pope asserts his right as Lord Spiritual and refers to himself as \"Lord of all\". The English nobles conclude, and the bishops agree, that the Kingdom of England will not be subject to the Pope's authority.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369753981#April–June", "title": "1374", "revid": 1369753981, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1376, "year_label": "1376 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 7", "text": "June 7 – The day before his death, Prince Edward of Wales, heir to the English throne and known as \"The Black Prince\" summons his father, King Edward III, and brother, John of Gaunt, and makes them swear to uphold the claim to the throne of his son Richard. Edward is the first \"English\" Prince of Wales (as opposed to Welsh) not to become King of England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371264713#April–June", "title": "1376", "revid": 1371264713, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1376, "year_label": "1376 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – Edward the Black Prince, son of King Edward III of England (b. 1330)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371264713#Deaths", "title": "1376", "revid": 1371264713, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1377, "year_label": "1377 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 23", "text": "April 23 – King Edward III of England formally confers knighthood upon two of his grandsons, both aged 10, Prince Richard of Woodstock (son of King Edward's deceased son Edward the Black Prince), and upon Henry Bolingbroke (son of John of Gaunt), as well as his 13-year-old illegitimate son John de Southeray, and 11-year-old John de Mowbray. Two months later, Prince Richard will become King Richard II upon Edward's death, and in 1399, Bolingbroke will overthrow Richard and becomes King Henry IV.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368383535#April–June", "title": "1377", "revid": 1368383535, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1377, "year_label": "1377 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 21", "text": "June 21 – After a reign of more than 50 years, King Edward III of England dies at Sheen Palace in Richmond at the age of 64. His 10-year-old grandson, Prince Richard of Woodstock, succeeds to the throne as King Richard II. Richard is the son of King Edward's oldest son, Edward the Black Prince, who had died a year earlier.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368383535#April–June", "title": "1377", "revid": 1368383535, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1385, "year_label": "1385 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 7", "text": "August 7 – Joan of Kent, Dowager Princess of Wales, widow of Edward the Black Prince (b. 1328)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362439687#Deaths", "title": "1385", "revid": 1362439687, "section": "Deaths"}}]}