Visual Timeline: Edward the Black Prince

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1330 CE 1340 CE 1350 CE 1360 CE 1370 CE  
 
1330 CE: Edward the Black Prince, eldest son of Edward III of England, is born.
 
 
1337 CE: Edward the Black Prince is made the Duke of Cornwall giving him significant revenues from the duchy.
 
 
1343 CE: Edward of Woodstock, aka Edward the Black Prince, is made the Prince of Wales by his father Edward III of England.
 
1346 CE: Edward the Black Prince is knighted by his father Edward III of England.
 
 
1346 CE: Edward III of England and his son Edward the Black Prince win a great battle against Philip VI of France at Crécy in France.
 
 
1347 CE: Edward III of England and his son Edward the Black Prince capture the Fench city of Calais after a long siege.
 
 
1350 CE: Edward the Black Prince leads a successful defence of Calais against a French attack.
 
 
1356 CE: Edward the Black Prince wins a great victory at the Battle of Poitiers against the French. John II of France is captured.
 
 
1359 CE: Edward III of England and Edward the Black Prince march on Rheims but the French city holds out.
 
1361 CE: Edward the Black Prince marries Joan of Kent.
 
 
1362 CE: Edward the Black Prince is made the Prince of Aquitaine by his father Edward III of England.
 
1367 CE: Birth of Richard, eldest son of Edward the Black Prince and future Richard II of England.
 
 
1367 CE: Edward the Black Prince famously wins the Battle of Najera in Castile.
 
 
1370 CE: Edward the Black Prince retakes Limoges from the French and executes 3,000 innocents.
 
1371 CE: Edward the Black Prince returns to England.
 
 
1372 CE - 1375 CE: Charles V of France recaptures most of the territory previously gained by Edward III of England leaving the English only Gascony and Calais.
 
1376 CE: Death of Edward the Black Prince, eldest son of Edward III of England.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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