edward the elder has held the english throne the longest.
edward the elder has held the english throne the longest.
who has held the english throne the longest?
edward the elder
the longest-serving prince of wales is the title's current holder, queen elizabeth ii's son charles. he is also the longest-serving heir apparent in british history.









































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bullet::::- treaty of montgomery









































bullet::::- list of rulers of wales









































bullet::::- kings of the britons









































bullet::::- list of heirs to the english throne









































bullet::::- list of heirs to the british throne









































bullet::::- prince's consent









































bullet::::- ships of the royal navy named hms "prince of wales".









































bullet::::- house of aberffraw









































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prince of wales
at an early age, catherine was considered a suitable wife for arthur, prince of wales, heir apparent to the english throne, due to the english ancestry she inherited from her mother. by means of her mother, catherine had a stronger legitimate claim to the english throne than king henry vii himself through the first two wives of john of gaunt, 1st duke of lancaster: blanche of lancaster and constance of castile. in contrast, henry vii was the descendant of gaunt's third marriage to katherine swynford, whose children were born out of wedlock and only legitimised after the death of constance and the marriage of john to katherine. the children of john and katherine, while legitimised, were barred from inheriting the english throne, a stricture that was ignored in later generations. because of henry's descent through illegitimate children barred from succession to the english throne, the tudor monarchy was not accepted by all european kingdoms. at the time, the house of trastámara was the most prestigious in europe, due to the rule of the catholic monarchs, so the alliance of catherine and arthur validated the house of tudor in the eyes of european royalty and strengthened the tudor claim to the english throne via catherine of aragon's ancestry. it would have given a male heir an indisputable claim to the throne. the two were married by proxy on 19 may 1499 and corresponded in latin until arthur turned fifteen, when it was decided that they were old enough to be married.
catherine of aragon