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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.