Wales Beaumaris, Caernarfon and Conwy. His son, the future Edward II, was born at Edward's new castle at Caernarfon in 1284. He became the first English Prince of Wales in 1301, which at the time provided an income from northwest Wales known as the Principality of Wales. The title is granted by the monarch to the heir apparent as a personal honour or dignity, and is not heritable, merging with the Crown on accession to the throne. After the failed revolt in 1294–95 of Madog ap Llywelyn – who styled himself Prince of Wales in the Penmachno Document – and the
SS Prince of Wales (1887) accompanying their Steam Packet sister , which was landing troops at Suvla Bay. After the Great War, she was sold under the name "Prince Edward" to T. C. Pas for £5,600; () and was broken up at Scheveningen, the Netherlands. SS Prince of Wales (1887) PS (RMS) "Prince of Wales" No. 93381 was a steel built paddle steamer which was purchased together with her sister , by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company from the Isle of Man, Liverpool and Manchester Steamship Company in 1888 - referred to as "The Manx Line". "Prince of Wales" was built by Fairfield