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|image = Blackbeard_profile_picture.png | |image = Blackbeard_profile_picture.png | ||
|birth = c. 1680<br>[[United Kingdom|Kingdom of England]] | |birth = c. 1680<br>[[United Kingdom|Kingdom of England]] | ||
|death = 22 November 1718<br> | |death = 22 November 1718<br>{{Wiki|Ocracoke, North Carolina|Ocracoke}}, {{Wiki|Province of Carolina}} | ||
{{Wiki|Ocracoke, North Carolina|Ocracoke}}, {{Wiki|Province of Carolina}} | |hidep = yes | ||
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|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' | |appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' | ||
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'''Edward Thatch'''<ref name=" | '''Edward Thatch'''<ref name="Thatch">[https://twitter.com/DarbyMcDevitt/status/316277443885412354 ''Darby McDevitt comments on Blackbeard's true name'']</ref> (c. 1680 – 1718), more commonly known as '''Edward Teach''' or the alias '''Blackbeard''', was an infamous pirate captain who sailed the [[Caribbean|West Indies]] and the American Colonies during the early 18th century, on the ship named ''Queen Anne's Revenge''. | ||
Thatch met his fate in May 1718 at the hands of Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard and his crew.<ref name="OutsideXBox">[http://www.outsidexbox.com/articles/2013-03-04-assassins-creed-iv-black-flag-creative-director-speaks OutsideXBox: ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Creative Director Speaks'']</ref> | Thatch met his fate in May 1718 at the hands of Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard and his crew.<ref name="OutsideXBox">[http://www.outsidexbox.com/articles/2013-03-04-assassins-creed-iv-black-flag-creative-director-speaks OutsideXBox: ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Creative Director Speaks'']</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Lead Writer [[Darby McDevitt]] stated on his Twitter that the developers would be using the name Edward Thatch over the more commonly accepted Edward Teach, when referring to Blackbeard in ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag''.<ref name=" | *Lead Writer [[Darby McDevitt]] stated on his Twitter feed that the developers would be using the name Edward Thatch over the more commonly accepted Edward Teach, when referring to Blackbeard in ''Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag''.<ref name="Thatch"/> | ||
**However, this contradicts a [[Database/Locations (AC3):Dead Chest Island|database entry]] in ''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'', which states his name as "Edward Teach". | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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Blackflag011-1-.jpg|Blackbeard alongside [[Edward Kenway]]. | Blackflag011-1-.jpg|Blackbeard alongside [[Edward Kenway]]. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
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Edward Thatch[1] (c. 1680 – 1718), more commonly known as Edward Teach or the alias Blackbeard, was an infamous pirate captain who sailed the West Indies and the American Colonies during the early 18th century, on the ship named Queen Anne's Revenge.
Thatch met his fate in May 1718 at the hands of Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard and his crew.[2]
Trivia
- Lead Writer Darby McDevitt stated on his Twitter feed that the developers would be using the name Edward Thatch over the more commonly accepted Edward Teach, when referring to Blackbeard in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.[1]
- However, this contradicts a database entry in Assassin's Creed III, which states his name as "Edward Teach".
Gallery
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Blackbeard alongside Edward Kenway.
Reference