Wield the mini blade of chivalry and pragmatism. This mini sword is simply decorated to reflect that pragmatism. It is up to the wielder of this sword to impart their own chivalry in the use of the blade. Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, KG (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376), popularly known as the Black Prince, was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, and father to King Richard II of England. Edward, an effective military leader and popular during his life, died one year before his father and so never ruled as king (becoming the first English Prince of Wales to suffer that fate). The throne passed instead to his son Richard, a minor, upon the death of Edward III.
Edward was born on June 15, 1330 at Woodstock Palace in Oxfordshire. Edward was created Earl of Chester in 1333, Duke of Cornwall in 1337 (the first creation of an English duke) and finally invested as Prince of Wales in 1343. In England Edward served as a symbolic regent for periods in 1339, 1340, and 1342 while Edward III was on campaign. He was expected to attend all council meetings, and he performed the negotiations with the papacy about the war in 1337.
Edward had been raised with his cousin Joan, "The Fair Maid of Kent" Edward gained Innocent VI's papal permission and absolution for this marriage to a blood-relative (as had Edward III when marrying Philippa of Hainaut, being her second cousin) and married Joan in 10 October 1361 at Windsor Castle, prompting some controversy, mainly because of Joan's chequered marital history and the fact that marriage to an Englishwoman wasted an opportunity to form an alliance with a foreign power.
When in England, Edward's chief residence was at Wallingford Castle in Berkshire (now Oxfordshire). He served as the king's representative in Aquitaine, where he and Joan kept a court among the most brilliant of the time, the resort of exiled kings, like James of Majorca and Pedro of Castile, thrust from his throne by his illegitimate brother, Henry of Trastamara, and offering Edward the lordship of Biscay in 1367, in return for the Black Prince's aid in recovering his throne, in which Edward was successful in the battle of Navarrete. During this period, he fathered two sons: Edward (27 January 1365 - 1372), who died at the age of 6; and Richard, born at Bordeaux in 1367 and often called Richard of Bordeaux, who would later rule as Richard II of England.
The Black Prince returned to England in January 1371 and died a few years later after a long wasting illness that may have been cancer. Overall Length: 10 3/4"
Weight: 2.5oz
Blade Length: 8 1/4"
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Black Prince Mini Sword
