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
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
Joan of Kent
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Joan, Countess of Kent suo jure, also known as the "Fair Maid of Kent", was mother of King Richard II of England, her son by her third husband, Edward the Black Prince, the eldest son and heir apparen
Edward the Black Prince
…to Boulogne. He returned with King Edward to England at the beginning of November. In spring 1361, Edward married his half-first cousin once removed Joan, Countess of Kent, daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent (younger son of Edward I, and Margaret, daughter of Philip III of France) and widow of Thomas Holland…
Illustration of Joan in The Benefactors' Book of St Albans Abbey
Arundel Castle in Sussex, where Joan, her mother and siblings were placed under house arrest