Edward (1330–1376)
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A gilt copper effigy of Edward, ‘the Black Prince’, on his tomb in Canterbury Cathedral. Born in 1330, he died before his father (Edward III of England), in 1376.
Prince of Wales, eldest son of Edward III of England. The epithet (probably posthumous) may refer to his black armour. During the Hundred Years' War he fought at the Battle of Crécy in 1346 and captured the French king at Poitiers in 1356. He ruled Aquitaine from 1360 to 1371. In 1367 he invaded Castile and restored to the throne the deposed king, Pedro the Cruel (1334–69). During the revolt that eventually ousted him, he caused the massacre of Limoges in 1370.
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