Royal History

• In September 2022, Catherine Duchess of Cambridge became Princess of Wales, the title previously held by her late mother-in-law Diana
• In 1282, King Edward the first of England murdered the native Welsh princes, spiked their heads on the Tower of London, and gave their Crown to his 13 year old son
• Ever since, the heirs apparent to the English and British throne have held the title Prince of Wales
• There have been 29 princes of Wales, six native Welsh and 23 English
• There have only been 16 princesses of Wales, as they have all been the wives of princes until the succession rules were changed in 2013
• A woman could not be Heir Apparent only Heir presumptive, so there has never been a Princess of Wales in her own right
• Joan Lady of Wales

  Illegitimate daughter of King John of England, married off at 11 to Llewellyn the great, who was 30
• Llewellyn's relationship with Joan

  1. Llewellyn built a church for her so she wouldn't have to walk miles to the nearest town

  2. They had at least four children

  3. Joan tried to negotiate peace with her father King John but to no avail

  4. Llewellyn imprisoned Joan for a year but eventually forgave her

  5. Llewellyn founded a friary in her honor after she died at 46
• Isabella duprows


  Daughter of William dubrows, married Llewellyn's son daffod, marriage proved childless
• Llewellyn's daughter Eleanor de Montford


  1. Her father and brother were defeated and dismembered on the battlefield by the English King's son Prince Edward

  2. Her ship was attacked by pirates sent by Prince Edward, who held her ransom for three years
• Llewellyn received a message to Parlay with the English but it was a trick, he was ambushed and murdered, his head was spiked on the Tower of London
• The last Prince of Wales, Llewellyn's younger brother David, was the first prominent person to be hang drawn and quartered, his severed head was placed on a spike next to his brother's
• King Edward the first granted the title Prince of Wales to his own 13 year old son Edward of canarfin
• Joan of Kent


  Secretly married 26 year old Thomas Holland while her cousin Edward III was away, her family then married her to the Earl of Salisbury, the pope annulled the second marriage and ordered Thomas to remarry her
• Joan of Kent's relationship with Edward the black prince

  1. Edward presented her with a silver cup and appealed to the pope for dispensations to allow them to marry

  2. They spent nine years in Bordeaux while Edward ruled Aquitaine

  3. Joan gave birth to two sons, Edward who died of the plague and Richard
• Margaret Hanmer


  Daughter of a Welsh Lord, married a Wayne Glenn dower, forced to go on the run with her children when a Wayne rebelled against King Henry IV
• Anne Neville


  Married to King Henry VI's only son Edward Prince of Wales, later married Richard III and was crowned queen
• Catherine of Aragon


  Married to Arthur Prince of Wales, then married his brother Henry VII, suffered multiple miscarriages and stillbirths, exiled by Henry VIII who married her lady in waiting
• Caroline of onspark


  Orphaned at 13, married Prince George who became King George II, was a trusted advisor to the king, died at 54
• Caroline and her husband embraced their new home in England and learned English
• Caroline and her husband were far more popular than the king who openly hated England
• The king separated Caroline from her children

  He relented only after her baby son died without his mother
• Caroline had 11 pregnancies but only seven of her children survived to adulthood
• When her husband became King George II, Caroline was his trusted advisor
• Caroline was friends with Britain's first prime minister Robert Walpole
• Caroline had an umbilical hernia from giving birth so many times
• When Caroline died, the king swore he would never remarry and only take Mistresses
• Caroline's son Frederick Prince of Wales nearly eloped with Lady Diana Spencer's seven times great aunt
• Frederick took advantage of his naive wife Augusta by appointing his mistress as her lady in waiting and instructing Augusta to snub his parents
• Augusta was pregnant with her ninth child when Frederick died at 44
• Augusta may have had an affair with her son's tutor
• Augusta's open support of unpopular prime minister Lord Butte caused Scandal and butte's resignation
• Augusta did not get along with her daughter-in-law Queen Charlotte and kept her from making friends at court
• Caroline of Brunswick, the next Princess of Wales, snuck out and fraternized with common people and may have given birth to a secret love child
• Caroline of Brunswick's parents did not allow her to marry until she was 27 and her first cousin George Prince of Wales was the proposed groom
• George Prince of Wales had secretly and illegally married a Catholic commoner
• George Prince of Wales was drunk at his wedding to Caroline of Brunswick
• George Prince of Wales was hated for his expensive lifestyle while the nation lived under austerity during the Napoleonic Wars
• George kept his daughter Charlotte from her mother Caroline
• Caroline bought a villa on Lake Como in Italy and traveled the Mediterranean with her Italian lover