Atlas of Battles

commander, 12 engagements

Battles of Edward, the Black Prince

Battles of Edward, the Black Prince

Prince of Wales (1330–1376)

Edward, the Black Prince is recorded as a commander at 12 placed engagements in the atlas between 1346 and 1370: 4 battles, 6 sieges, 1 naval action and 1 campaign across 3 present-day countries, most in France (10), United Kingdom (1), Spain (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,053 km apart end to end, 278 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Hundred Years' War (10), Castilian Civil War (1).

Battle of BlanchetaqueSiege of CalaisBattle of WinchelseaSiege of RomorantinReims CampaignSiege of RheimsMassacre of LimogesBattle of CaenBattle of CrécySiege of CalaisBattle of PoitiersBattle of NájeraBattle of CaenBattle of CrécySiege of CalaisBattle of PoitiersBattle of NájeraGenevaMilanFrankfurtMunichZürichLyonFlorenceMarseilleBilbaoBordeaux500 km46.693N, 0.664E
12 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1346: 4 engagements4 in 13461349: 1 engagements1350: 1 engagements1356: 2 engagements1359: 2 engagements1367: 1 engagements1370: 1 engagements13461370
12 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Caen, 1346Battle of Blanchetaque, 1346Battle of Crécy, 1346Siege of Calais, 1346Siege of Calais, 1349Battle of Winchelsea, 1350Siege of Romorantin, 1356Battle of Poitiers, 1356Reims Campaign, 1359Siege of Rheims, 1359Battle of Nájera, 1367Massacre of Limoges, 137013461370
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
June 1346Battle of CaenCaen, FranceEnglish victory
24 August 1346Battle of BlanchetaqueSaint-Valery-sur-Somme, France184 km NEEnglish victory
26 August 1346Battle of CrécyCrécy-en-Ponthieu, France18 km NEEnglish victory
4 September 1346Siege of CalaisCalais, France78 km NEnglish victory
31 December 1349Siege of CalaisCalais, France1 km SEnglish victory
29 August 1350Battle of WinchelseaWinchelsea, United Kingdom74 km WEnglish victory
29 August 1356Siege of RomorantinRomorantin-Lanthenay, France397 km SAnglo-Gascon victory
19 September 1356Battle of PoitiersNouaillé-Maupertuis, France138 km SWEnglish victory
1359Reims CampaignFrance505 km NFrench Victory; English campaign frustrated; Treaty of...
20 December 1359Siege of RheimsReims, France244 km SEFrench Victory; English campaign frustrated; Treaty of...
3 April 1367Battle of NájeraNájera, Spain921 km SWVictory for Peter I
19 September 1370Massacre of LimogesLimoges, France493 km NEEnglish victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, This file has been provided by the British Library from its digital collections. Links to the British Library's website , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.