Noun
son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376)
Source: WordNetA model of the ship The Black Prince is covered in flowers and is taken in procession from the Quay at Millbrook to the beach at Cawsand where it is cast adrift. Source: Internet
Both the king and the Black Prince were by this time incapacitated by illness, leaving Gaunt in virtual control of government. Source: Internet
Black Prince main In 1959, a year before the cancellation of the Blue Streak as a missile, the government requested that the RAE and Saunders-Roe design a carrier rocket based on Blue Streak and Black Knight. Source: Internet
Hoskins 2011, p. 57 In Shakespeare's Henry V, a reference by the King of France to "that black name, Edward, Black Prince of Wales" suggests that the playwright may have interpreted the name in this way. Source: Internet
In 1642, Thomas Fuller commented that the Black Prince was "so called from his dreaded acts and not from his complexion". citation Recently however, his name being associated to any misdeeds or brutality have been in doubt by several historians. Source: Internet
It is possible Froissart greatly exaggerated the events that gave the Black Prince his name, but possible that Edward did not produce a truthful account of the campaign. Source: Internet