December
21
/ 2022
Most historians long ago concluded that Edward of Woodstock, also known as Edward the Black Prince, the heir apparent to the English throne who died at the age of 45 in 1376, fell victim to chronic dysentery. But new research appearing in the journal BMJ Military Health disputes this notion. It is far more likely, the study authors conclude, that the famed Prince whose chance to become king was stolen away by fate actually died from another medical condition. According to study lead author Dr. James Robert Anderson, a military physician affiliated with the 21st Engineer Regiment of the Claro Barracks in Ripon, England, there are multiple possible causes of the Black Prince’s death. He may have been killed by
