Personal Arms of Edward the Black Prince of Wales

    Sable, in the first quarter an ostrich feather argent
 larger slightly lower charged with a scroll fesswise
 argent much larger much lower very much lower much
 lower much lower very much to sinister very much to
 sinister charged with the words "ICH DIEN" fesswise
 reversed inverted sable very much larger, in the second
 quarter an ostrich feather reversed argent larger
 slightly lower charged with a scroll fesswise argent
 larger much lower very much lower much lower much
 lower very much to sinister very much to sinister
 slightly larger charged with the words "ICH DIEN"
 fesswise reversed sable very much larger, in base
 an ostrich feather argent much larger much larger
 higher to dexter each charged with a scroll fesswise
 argent larger much lower very much lower much lower
 much lower very much to sinister very much to sinister
 slightly larger charged with the words "ICH DIEN"
 enfaced of "Fantasy" fesswise reversed inverted sable
 very much larger

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Notes

Edward of Woodstock, eldest son of the renowned King Edward III, called the Black Prince--due both to the black armor he was said to favor and his reputation for ferocity in battle. Despite his reputation as a ruthless warrior, the Black Prince was also renowned as a model of the chivalric ideal. At the Battle of Crecy in 1346, the prince found himself in great peril, surrounded by the French and threatened by the mighty Count of Alencon. His companions sent word to King Edward alerting him to the prince's dire situation, but when he learned his son was not injured, the King left him on his own so that he might "earn his spurs" and have the honor of victory. With the aid of Sir Geoffroy d'Harcourt and the Earl of Arundel, Prince Edward fought his way out of the trap and turned the tide of the engagement against the French. At some point in the fighting, John of Luxembourg, the elderly and blind King of Bohemia, had been struck down in the thick of the fighting. Moved by this display of dauntless courage, Prince Edward assumed the blind king's sigil of three white ostrich feathers on black and his German motto "Ich Dien"--"I Serve."

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