Final answer:
The student is asking about Prince Prospero from Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death', who hosted his friends in an abbey to escape the plague.
Step-by-step explanation:
The person mentioned in the question is Prince and the event being referred to is the hosting of friends locked in the abbey. The context provided is not sufficient to identify the specific prince or the friends involved. However, based on the references provided, it seems that this question is related to the historical events and figures of European nations. More information is needed to provide a specific answer.
The student's question refers to the character Prince Prospero from Edgar Allan Poe's short story 'The Masque of the Red Death'.
The story's setting is during a fictional plague, referred to as the Red Death, and it details the actions of Prince Prospero who invites his friends to take refuge in his abbey, which he has ordered to be sealed off from the outside world, in a futile attempt to avoid the plague. This tale is a classic example of Gothic literature and is often analyzed for its themes of mortality, the inevitability of death, and the futility of trying to escape natural forces.