2-653-424 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Edward refuses succour to his son at Crecy', 1864. King Edward III, (1312- 1377) standing on a hillside refusing succour to his son Edward the Black Prince, (1330-1376)) at the at the Battle of Crecy, France, 1346. The black prince was an exceptional military leader, and his victories over the French at the Battles of Crecy and Poitiers made him very popular in England during his lifetime. From "A Chronicle of England B.C. 55 - A.D. 1485" by James E. Doyle. [Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, London, 1864]