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Black Prince
1. A name given (apparently by 16th c. chroniclers) to the eldest son of Edward III. [As to the origin of the appellation, many guesses are current, but published sources afford no evidence.]
1563Grafton Chron. (1569) 324 Edward prince of Wales, who was called the blacke Prince. 1587Holinshed Hist. Eng. 348 b. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, ii. iv. 56 All our Princes captiu'd, by the hand Of that black Name, Edward, black Prince of Wales. 1611Speed Theat. Gt. Brit. ix. xii. an. 1329 By-named (not of his colour, but of his dreaded acts in battell) the Blacke Prince. 1688J. Barnes Hist. Edw. III, i. iii. §5. 46 Sirnamed by the French le Neoir, or the Black-Prince. [But cf. 1724 Coste Ess. de Montaigne i. i. (1836) I. 3 note, Edouard, prince de Galles, que les Anglois nomment communément the black prince.] 1762Hume Hist. Eng. (1770) II. xvi. 513 Denominated the Black Prince, from the colour of his armour. a1854E. M. Stewart Lond. City T.Q. Phillipa xvi. 139 The surcoat of black velvet emblazoned with three white ostrich feathers, and the motto ‘Ich Dien,’ which gave rise to the epithet of the Black Prince.
†2. The prince of darkness, the devil. Obs.
1589R. Harvey Pl. Perc. 7 To entitle those Browne sectaries of the Blacke Prince, with the name of traytors. |
