The Black Prince becomes king?

So I know almost nothing about the man, save for what I learned from the Wikipedia article. But what caught my eye was this:

"Edward died one year before his father, becoming the first English Prince of Wales not to become King of England. The throne passed instead to his son Richard II, a minor, upon the death of Edward III."

What if Edward the Black Prince had become king? What kind of butterflies could we have seen?
 
I think there would have been no "Second Peace" in the Hundred Years' War. The Black Prince was of a much more militaristic character than his son, and it seems unlikely that there would have been a lull in the conflict under his reign.
 
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I think there would have been no "Second Peace" in the Hundred Years' War. The Black Prince was of a much more militaristic character than his son, and it seems unlikely that there would have been a lull under his reign.

Who does this benefit, though? The French were not in very good shape until arguably 1400, and the English still had the Longbow advantage not yet offset by French reforms. Still, the English are always at a numerical disadvantage on the continent unless the Black Prince is able to get some new allies.
 
What if Edward the Black Prince had become king? What kind of butterflies could we have seen?

The genius behind Crecy, Poitiers, and Najera? Stronger English performance in TTL's incarnation of the 100 Years War (butterflies, etc.) to be sure, and definitely a stronger Richard II, who then has more time to come into his own.

He died of dysentery---to secure his health, have him either overcome the illness or simply never contract it in the first place. Probably went pissing in a bog and fell in or something.
 
More probably from drinking less than reliable water or eating contaminated food, but I say the Black Prince not dying will bankrupt England trying to break France and lead to an early loss of the *HYW.
 
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From what I've heard and read about him, he would not have made a very good king. Continuing the war would have been difficult. French resistance had increased, and it would have taken extremely high taxation on England's part. He was not even that well regarded as Prince of Aquitaine, and alienated many elements there.
 
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