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If fact, the effigy is so accurate that the team is convinced an actual metal plate armorer had been employed to make it. An article on Historic-UK says Edward was “very particular as to what was to happen after his death.”Īn effigy is a life-size sculptural representation of the deceased, and this new study reveals for the first time how closely his instructions were adhered to. On his death bed Edward detailed his wishes for his tomb and effigy. The prince would have died in a bed of bloody diarrhea, suffering shooting abdominal pain, long lasting cramps, high-fever and malaise. Caused by the shigella bacteria (shigellosis) dysentery is generally contracted through contaminated food or water. His was a more ignoble end, dying of dysentery at Westminster on 8 June 1376. Another article on History Extra says the prince “has been both eulogized as the epitome of medieval chivalry and demonized as the instigator of brutal slaughter.” Dead Before His Timeĭespite his warlike reputation Edward did not fall on the battlefield. While the number of those slaughtered is debated among scholars, this is why Edward was named the “Black Prince”. The Black Prince victorious against the French at the Battle of Crécy (Julian Russell Story / Public Domain ) The Real Game of Thrones: Enduring Saga of The Hundred Years’ WarĪ report about the discovery in The Burlington Magazine says that during the Hundred Years War between England and France in 1370 AD, “3,000 men, women and children were slaughtered by Edward in a violent passion.”.
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