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He was created as prince of Wales in 1343.
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In 1348 he was made a Founding Knight of the Garter.
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The Poitiers Campaign in the Aquitaine-Loire region, which crippled the French army for the next 13 years, fomenting the anarchy and chaos which would cause the Treaty of Brétigny to be signed in 1360.
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Edward gained permission for the marriage from Pope Innocent VI and absolution for marriage to a blood-relative (as had Edward III when marrying Philippa of Hainault, his second cousin) and married Joan on 10 October 1361 at Windsor Castle.
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His first son Edward of Angouleme born on Jan.27,1365
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His second son Richard II of England born on Jan.06, 1367
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Peter of Castile, thrust from his throne by his illegitimate brother Henry of Trastámara, offered Edward the lordship of Biscay in 1367, in return for the Black Prince's aid in recovering his throne.
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In 1371, Edward the Black Prince’s health declined to the point where his physicians advised him to leave Bordeaux and return home to England.
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In 1372, he sailed on an expedition with King Edward III but failed to land on the French Coast due to contrary winds.
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Edward the Black Prince contracted an illness on this expedition that would ail him until his death in 1376.
