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of Woodstock Edward, Prince of Wales and Aquitaine (1330 - 1376)

Alias The Black Prince Edward (Alias)

Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8523 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward,_the_Black_Prince Authority - medieval
 Relevant locations: Death place at Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury
Workplace or place of business Wales, Great Britain
Workplace or place of business Aquitaine, France
 Relationships: of Woodstock Edward was a son of Edward III of England (1312-1377)
of Woodstock Edward was a father of Richard II of England (6 Jan 1367-14 Feb 1400)

 References in Documents:
British Curiosities in Nature and Art (1713)
SECT. X. Curiosities in the County of Kent. ...

Canterbury] a City (whose Bishop is primate and Metropolitan of all England) Remarkable for the Magnificence and Beauty of Christ Church, and St. Austins; in the former were interred Archbishop Becket, for whom a rich shrine was reared; he being a Canonized Saint. Here is also, the Tomb of the famous Hero Edward the Black Prince, Son to Edward the III. King of England, and that of King Henry the IV. &c. In the Porch of the latter Church, was buryed St. Augustin; (the English Apostle) who was the Chief of those that were sent from Rome, and converted the Heathen Saxons to Christianity. It is about 55 Miles near S. E. from London.