Prince of Wales soil and speaking no other language"). William Camden wrote in his 1607 work "Britannia" that originally the title "Prince of Wales" was not conferred automatically upon the eldest living son of the King of England because Edward II (who had been the first English Prince of Wales) neglected to invest his eldest son, the future Edward III, with that title. It was Edward III who revived the practice of naming the eldest son Prince of Wales, which was then maintained by his successors: Nevertheless, according to conventional wisdom, since 1301 the Prince of Wales has usually been the eldest living
Prince of Wales the 12th and 13th centuries, this title evolved into "Prince of Wales" (see "Brut y Tywysogion"). In Latin, the new title was ', and in Welsh it was '. The literal translation of ' is "leader" (compare the cognate Irish word "taoiseach"; the verb ' means "to lead"). Only a handful of native princes had their claim to the overlordship of Wales recognised by the English Crown. The first known to have used such a title was Owain Gwynedd, adopting the title Prince of the Welsh around 1165 after earlier using "rex Waliae" ("King of Wales"). His grandson Llywelyn the