British History/princes of wales

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Expert: - 5/19/2009


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who was the first of wales?k8k3n

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Hello Fiona.
If you mean who was the first Prince of Wales in the sense of being the heir to the English throne it was Edward, son and heir of King Edward I.
Edward I had conquered Wales and in 1301 he gave his son Edward the title Prince of Wales as he was born at Caernarvon Castle in Wales in 1284.
Before that there had been independent Princes of Wales unnconnected to the English Royal Family.
Mark

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I have a good basic knowledge of British political history, but my speciality is the Kings and Queens of England and Scotland from 927 AD. Please no social history questions, it's not my strong point and I'm unlikely to answer them.

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