A person in history...

[Ozz]

The Black Prince

 

[Thuloid]

bigfatron is correct. Good guess.

John of 'Gaunt' because he was born in Ghent. It was a base of operations for Edward 3 the revenge of Edward during the 100 or so years war.

 

[bigfatron]

1 Heir to the English throne
2 Died aged 19 yrs
3 His younger brother inherited and then lost the throne.

 

[Thuloid]

Charles I's older brother?

Don't remember the name...

 

[Thuloid]

I think it was Vinny.

 

[starlifter]

LOL, I just read this thread and I'm pretty familiar with that era of histroy, still would have missed it. Oh well.

 

[bigfatron]

Originally posted by Thuloid
Charles I's older brother?

Don't remember the name...

You're right, but the name's not Vinny....
He was meant to represent James I/VI's claim to the throne and was therefore brought up a strict protestant and named for his most famous great grandfather (hint!)

 

[Simon Darkshade]

That would be Henry Frederick Stuart, would it not? Died in 1612.

 

[Thuloid]

Nope. Still certain it was Vinny. That or Ethel.

 

[Simon Darkshade]

I am utterly certain that there were none of that name amongst the offspring of King James, and equally certain that his firstborn was Henry Frederick Stuart.

 

[Silence]

Damn, I reach the end of the thread and find that the question has been answered.

However I don't believe young Henry made it to his nineteeth birthday, he was born in 1594 and died in 1612, thus he would have been seventeen or eighteen.
Sadly my memory does not include the exact date of his birth, much as I would like be as definite as Darkshade.

 

[bigfatron]

I had his birth date as 1593 but, what the heck, Darkshade is right. Over to you, herr fuhrer....