Editing Edward the Black Prince (section)

=== Reims campaign ===
In October 1359 Prince Edward sailed with his father to Calais and led a division of the army during the [[Reims campaign]]. At its close he took the principal part on the English side in negotiating the [[Treaty of Brétigny]], and the preliminary truce arranged at Chartres on 7 May 1360 was drawn up by proctors acting in his name and the name of Charles, Duke of Normandy, the regent of France.<ref>{{harvnb|Hunt|1889|p=95}} cites ''Fœdera'', iii, 486; Chandos, l. 1539</ref> He probably did not return to England until after his father,<ref>{{harvnb|Hunt|1889|pp=95}} cites James, ii. 223 ''n''.</ref> who landed at [[Rye, East Sussex|Rye]] on 18 May. On 9 July he and Henry, Duke of Lancaster, landed at Calais in attendance on the French king. As, however, the stipulated instalment of the king's ransom was not ready, he returned to England, leaving King John in the charge of Sir [[Walter Manny, 1st Baron Manny|Walter Manny]] and three other knights.<ref>{{harvnb|Hunt|1889|p=95}} ''Froissart'', vi. 24.</ref> He accompanied his father to Calais on 9 October to assist at the liberation of King John and the ratification of the treaty. He rode with John to Boulogne, where he made his offering in the [[Basilica of Notre-Dame, Boulogne|Church of the Virgin]]. He returned with King Edward to England at the beginning of November.{{sfn|Hunt|1889|pp=95–96}}

====Marriage to Joan====
On 10 October 1361 Edward married his cousin [[Joan of Kent|Joan, Countess of Kent]], daughter of [[Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent|Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent]] (younger son of [[Edward I of England|Edward I]], and [[Margaret of France, Queen of England|Margaret]], daughter of [[Philip III of France]]) and widow of [[Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent]] and the mother of three children. Because Edward and Joan were related in the third degree (and since Edward was the godfather of Joan's elder son [[Thomas Holland, 2nd Earl of Kent|Thomas]]) a dispensation was obtained for their marriage from [[Pope Innocent VI]].<ref>{{harvnb|Hunt|1889|p=96}} cites ''Fœdera'', iii. 626.</ref> The marriage was performed at [[Windsor Castle|Windsor]] in the presence of King Edward III by [[Simon Islip]] [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. According to [[Jean Froissart]] the contract of marriage (the engagement) was entered without the knowledge of the king.<ref>{{harvnb|Hunt|1889|p=96}} cites Froissart, vi. 275, Amiens.</ref> Edward and Joan resided at [[Berkhamsted Castle]] in [[Hertfordshire]]{{sfn|Hunt|1889|p=96}} and held the manor of [[Princes Risborough]] from 1343; though local history describes the estate as "his palace", many sources suggest it was used more as a hunting lodge.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.chilternsaonb.org/ccbmaps/1317/137/the-black-prince.html | accessdate=13 September 2021 | title=The Black Prince | website=Chilterns Conservation Board | archive-date=16 October 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016213819/https://www.chilternsaonb.org/ccbmaps/1317/137/the-black-prince.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>