Black Prince's Ruby
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The Black Prince's Ruby is a large, irregular cabochon red spinel weighing 170 carats set in the cross pattée above the Cullinan II diamond at the front of the Imperial State Crown of the United Kingd
Detail of Queen Victoria's Coronation Portrait, showing the Black Prince's Ruby on the crown
Edward the Black Prince
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Edward of Woodstock, known as the Black Prince, was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Edward III of England. He died before his father, and his son Richard II therefore succeeded to the throne
Black Prince's Ruby
…in the possession of the English and later British monarchy since it was given in 1367 by the Spanish king Peter of Castile to the Prince of Wales, Edward of Woodstock, known as the "Black Prince". Henry V is said to have worn it at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. The stone is believed to have been mined in Badakhshan…
Effigy of Prince Edward in Canterbury Cathedral
Edward III with the Black Prince after the Battle of Crécy (1788) by Benjamin West
15th-century illustration of Edward as a Knight of the Garter
1370s illustration of the Battle of Poitiers