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UK Expedition Sept, 2008: Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, KG (15 June 1330 ? 8 June 1376), popularly known as The Black Prince, was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, and father to King Richard II of England. Edward, an exceptional military leader and popular during his life, died one year before his father and thus never ruled as king (becoming the first English Prince of Wales to suffer that fate). The throne passed instead to his son Richard, a minor, upon the death of Edward III. Although Edward is almost always now called the "Black Prince", there is no record of this name being used during his lifetime. He was instead known as Edward of Woodstock, after his place of birth. The "Black Prince" sobriquet "is first found in writing in Richard Grafton's "Chronicle of England" (1568). Its origin is uncertain; it is usually considered to be derived from an ornate black cuirass presented to the young prince by Edward III at the Battle of Crécy. In fact, this nickname comes more than probably from his "shield of peace", his coat of arms used during tournaments, which is represented around his effigy at Canterbury. This coat of arms is black with three white ostrich feathers. It is possible that the name was first coined by French chroniclers in reference to the ruinous military defeats he had inflicted on France or his cruelty in these. Also possible is the idea that Edward garnered the nickname from his explosive temper; the legendary Angevin temper being associated with his family's line since Geoffrey d'Anjou. |
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Image title | UK Expedition Sept, 2008 |
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Camera manufacturer | OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. |
Camera model | E-510 |
Copyright holder | Randolph Croft |
Exposure time | 1/2 sec (0.5) |
F-number | f/4 |
ISO speed rating | 200 |
Date and time of data generation | 08:09, 11 September 2008 |
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File change date and time | 14:22, 28 September 2008 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 08:09, 11 September 2008 |
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Maximum land aperture | 3.61328125 APEX (f/3.5) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
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Custom image processing | Normal process |
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Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
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