The Black Prince
Encyclopedia
Personal nicknames
- Edward, the Black PrinceEdward, the Black PrinceEdward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall, Prince of Aquitaine, KG was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault as well as father to King Richard II of England....
, English prince in the Middle Ages - NaresuanNaresuanSomdet Phra Naresuan Maharat or Somdet Phra Sanphet II was the King of the Ayutthaya kingdom from 1590 until his death in 1605. Naresuan was one of Siam's most revered monarchs as he was known for his campaigns to free Siam from Burmese rule...
, King of Siam - Junio Valerio BorgheseJunio Valerio BorghesePrince Junio Valerio Scipione Borghese was an Italian Navy commander during the regime of Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party and was a prominent hard-line fascist politician in post-war Italy.-Early career:Junio Valerio Borghese was born in Artena, Province of Rome, Kingdom of Italy...
, Italian noble and military leader - Kostas DavourlisKostas DavourlisThe first version of this article has been based in the text of :el:Κώστας Δαβουρλής of the Greek Wikipedia published under GFDL.Kostas Davourlis , popularly nicknamed The Black Prince, was a former Greek footballer born in Agyia, Patras...
, Greek footballer - Peter Jackson (boxer)Peter Jackson (boxer)Peter "Black Prince" Jackson was a heavyweight boxer from Australia who had a significant international career.-Biography:...
, 19th century bare-knuckle boxer
In the military
- HMS Black PrinceHMS Black PrinceFive ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Black Prince, after Edward, the Black Prince , the eldest son of King Edward III of England....
, various ships of the Royal Navy, a class of 4 sailing ships of the Royal Navy - The British merchantman Black Prince, converted to the man-of-war USS Alfred (1774)USS Alfred (1774)The Alfred was a man-of-war in the Continental Navy of the United States. She was built as Black Prince, named for Edward, the Black Prince, and served as Alfred.-As Black Prince:...
- Black Prince, original name of the USS Warrick (AKA-89)USS Warrick (AKA-89)USS Warrick was an named after Warrick County, Indiana. She served as a commissioned ship for 18 years and 8 months.Warrick — originally named Black Prince — was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract on 7 April 1944 at Oakland, California, by the Moore Dry Dock Co., launched on 29 May...
, an attack cargo ship - Black Prince (tank)Black Prince (tank)The Tank, Infantry, Black Prince was the name assigned to an experimental development of the Churchill tank with a larger, wider hull and a QF 17-pounder gun...
, a development of the Churchill tank
Vehicles
- Black Prince, a GWR 3031 ClassGWR 3031 ClassThe Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work...
Great Western Railway locomotive between 1891 and 1915 - Black Prince, a Standard Class 9F steam locomotive built for British Rail in 1959
- Black Prince, British proposed civilian rocket
- Black Prince (ship)Black Prince (ship)Black Prince is cruise ship, owned and operated by Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines. She was built in 1966 by the Lübecker Flender-Werke in Lübeck, West Germany for Fred. Olsen Lines for combined ferry/cruise ship operations...
, Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines ship - Black Prince (car)Black Prince (car)The Black Prince was a British 4 wheeled cyclecar made in small numbers in 1920 by Black Prince Motors of Barnard Castle, Durham.The car was designed by H G Wright and was available with either a single or twin-cylinder Union air-cooled engine rated at 2.75 horse power...
, British cyclecar made only in 1920 - Black Prince, car made in small numbers by Invicta (car)Invicta (car)Invicta is a British automobile manufacturer. The brand has been available intermittently through successive decades. Initially, the manufacturer was based in Cobham, Surrey, England from 1925 to 1933, then in Chelsea, London, England from 1933 to 1938 and finally in Virginia Water, Surrey, England...
between 1946 and 1950 - Vincent Black PrinceVincent Black PrinceThe Vincent Black Prince was a British motorcycle made between 1954 and 1955 by Vincent Motorcycles. A year before the factory closed in 1955, Vincent produced the enclosed range of Vincent Black Knight and Black Prince. Phil Vincent described it as a 'two-wheeled Bentley' and the enclosed Vincents...
, British motorcycle
In entertainment
- The Black Prince (play)The Black Prince (play)The Black Prince is a Restoration era stage play, a historical tragedy written by Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery. It premiered on stage in 1667 and was first published in 1669...
, English Restoration era historical tragedy - The Black Prince (novel)The Black Prince (novel)The Black Prince is Iris Murdoch's 15th novel, first published in 1973. The name of the novel alludes mainly to Hamlet.-Plot summary:The Black Prince is remarkable for the structure of its narrative, consisting of a central story bookended by forewords and post-scripts by characters within it...
, by Iris Murdoch - Alias of Lelouch LamperougeLelouch Lamperougeis the protagonist and antihero of the Sunrise anime series Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. Lamperouge is his assumed surname, while his real name is , son of the 98th Britannian Emperor. His seiyū is Jun Fukuyama, and his child self is voiced by Sayaka Ohara...
, a character in the anime Code Geass
Other uses
- Mount Black PrinceMount Black PrinceMount Black Prince may refer to:* Mount Black Prince in Alberta, Canada* Mount Black Prince in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica...
, two mountains, one in Canada, the other in Antarctica - Psaltoda plagaPsaltoda plagaPsaltoda plaga, commonly known as the black prince, is a species of cicada and one of Australia's most familiar insects.The black prince was originally described by German naturalist Ernst Friedrich Germar in 1834 as Cicada argentata, and later transferred to Psaltoda...
, Australian species of cicada - Used as a clarifying term to distinguish PrincePrince (musician)Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
from PrincePrincePrince is a general term for a ruler, monarch or member of a monarch's or former monarch's family, and is a hereditary title in the nobility of some European states. The feminine equivalent is a princess...
. - Rohana parisatisRohana parisatisThe Black Prince, Rohana parisatis, is a species of Nymphalid butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in Asia.-Description:Male upperside deep velvety black, with one minute snow-white preapical spot on the fore wing; the cilia of both fore and hind wing alternately black and white...
, Asian species of butterfly - CinsautCinsautCinsaut or Cinsault is a red wine grape, whose heat tolerance and productivity make it important in Languedoc-Roussillon and the former French colonies of Algeria and Morocco...
, a red wine grape also known as Black Prince - Black Prince, a common cultivar of heirloom tomato
- Black Prince BusesBlack Prince BusesBlack Prince Buses were a family-operated bus company based in Morley, West Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1969 as a coach firm, it expanded into local bus operation following bus deregulation in 1986. Black Prince was taken over by FirstGroup in July 2005....
, a former bus operating company in England
See also
- Alphonse GangitanoAlphonse GangitanoAlphonse John Gangitano was an Italian Australian criminal from Templestowe, a suburb of Melbourne. Nicknamed the "Black Prince of Lygon Street", Gangitano was the face of an organisation known as the Carlton Crew, and a close associate of convicted criminals Graham Kinniburgh, Mick Gatto and...
, Italian-Australian gangster nicknamed the "Black Prince of Lygon Street" - Maharaja Dalip Singh, nicknamed "Black Prince of Perthshire" during his exile in Britain