Prince of Wales

The title Prince of Wales is a dynastic title reserved for the British heir to the throne. The son of a reigning British King or Queen is not automatic Prince of Wales. The King grants the title at a time to his choice. No income or property is connected to the title. The income of the heir to the throne is paid from the earnings of other property, usually theDuchy of Cornwall. At a wedding, the wife of the Prince of Wales get the title Princess of Wales . The title can never be granted to the daughter of the King, even if they top the list of succession to the throne.

For Prince Charles, the current Prince of Wales, a new and very modern-looking Crown manufactured.



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[hide] *1 coat of arms  ==Blazon[ Edit] == Coat of arms of the Princes of WalesThe Princes of Wales conduct a blazon with three ostrich feathers and the motto Ich dien.
 * 2 the first Princes of Wales
 * 3 the houses Lancaster and York
 * 4 The Tudors
 * 5 the Stuarts
 * The Hanover 6
 * 7 the last Princes
 * 8 see also

The Blazon originates at the battle of Crécy in 1346. John the blind, King of Bohemia, fought on the side of the French and was killed. He wore during the battle ostrich feathers on his helmet. That were by the English King Edward III to his son donated. Also, would he have had the motto Ich dien . The ostrich feathers and the motto can still be seen in the coat of arms of the Prince of Wales. ==The first Princes of Wales[ Edit] == The title Prince of Wales (Welsh: Tywysog Cymru, literally Chief of Wales) was first conducted by Llywelyn the great. This title was granted him by the English King Henry III. After him the title was conducted by his son Dafydd ap Llywelyn and then by his nephew Llywelyn the Last. The latter came in 1282 to during the fight against the English King Edward Iand is therefore considered as the last native Prince of Wales. Some believe, however, that Owain Glyndwr, who between 1400 and independence, as sought in vain Wales 1409 the last native Prince should be seen.

Then, in 1284, Edward I established with the Statute of Rhuddlan the direct authority of the English Crown over the Principality of Wales. The princely title was linked to the firstborn son of the English King. When the future King Edward II, son of Edward I, as the first of the English King House in Caernarfon in 1301 the title of Prince of Wales got, was the message that the days of independence of Wales were over. Edward I would have like to spawn the inhabitants of Wales by giving them a Prince born in Wales, and to promise that never had spoken a word of English. The Crown Prince was still there for only a short visit, on april 25, 1284, born in Caernarfon. This last story, however, is from the thumb of a sixteenth-century author sucked, the Welsh priest David Powel.

The next Prince of Wales was his grandson Edward, the Black Prince. This Prince of Wales was never King, because he died before his father Edward III. His son Richard II succeeded his grandfather and was the last Prince of Wales from the main branch of the House of Plantagenet. ==The houses Lancaster and York<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Richard II is forced to cede the throne to his nephew Henry IV of Lancaster. This Henry is King in 1399-1413, period in which his son Henry the title gets. His son Henry VI has never been Prince of Wales, because he is born after the death of his father and thus immediately became King.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The next Prince, Edward of Westminster, is killed in the battle of Tewkesbury. If the House York has come to power, the son of Edward IV Prince of Wales.

<p lang="en" len="499" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After the assumption of power by Richard III is his son, Edward of Middleham, Prince, but also he dies for his father. ==The Tudors<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Henry VII as an end to the wars of the Roses has created his son Arthur Gets the title. After his early death, the title awarded to his brother Henry.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">His son Edward VI is the next bearer of the title. As his successors had no children for the time being, the title remained vacant. ==The Stuarts<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">As the Scottish King James VI in 1603, the throne ascends to a Prince of Wales: his son Henry Frederick Stuart. However, these dies prematurely, after which the title passes to his brother Charles.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Then his son Charles Prince. After his accession to the throne for the time being, the title remains vacant, because he had no legitimate children. As his brother and successor James II of England a son gets, this is Prince of Wales, but he hits the title again by the deposition of his father in 1689. ==The Hanover<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The following carrier of the title is George, son of George I. His son Frederick Gets the title after the accession of his father, but dies before he can be King. Next, the title borne by the later Kings George III and George IV. ==The last Princes<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The current Prince of Wales, Charles, after George IV is the "longest serving" Prince so far, currently 56 years and 53 days. In third place comes the eldest son of Queen Victoria, Eduard (49 years and 46 days). After his accession to the throne the title went to George, the second son, as its oldest still died for his accession to the throne.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The title became vacant when Edward VIII relinquished; his successor George VI had only daughters.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Prince Charles became Prince of Wales on 26 July 1958, and on 1 July 1969 installed on Caernarfon Castle by his mother. Especially for this occasion he had learned the Welsh language. He is the oldest Prince of Wales in history.