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Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales is a title traditionally granted to the heir apparent to the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the 15 other independent Commonwealth realms...
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1282
12.11.1282
Llywelyn the Last, the last native Prince of Wales, is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales.
1301
2.7.1301
Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.
1400
9.16.1400
Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
1471
5.4.1471
Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward, Prince of Wales.
1499
5.19.1499
Catherine of Aragon, is married by proxy to Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales. Catherine is 13 and Arthur is 12.
1860
9.20.1860
The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII of the United Kingdom) visits the United States.
1890
3.4.1890
The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland, measuring Convert 1710 long, is opened by the Prince of Wales, who later becomes King Edward VII.