"The Wicked Prince" is number 50 in the Hans Christian Andersen Center's register of Andersen's literary works, i.e. no. 50 in the category fairy tale (the range 1 - 300). BFN 386.
"The Wicked Prince" was first published October 1840, cf. the bibliographic description (in Danish) in : Digterens danske Værker 1822-1875, number in bibliography: 386:
Den onde Fyrste. Et Eventyr. (Gjenfortalt efter en mundtlig Meddelelse).
(Bibliografisk kilde: HCAH)
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Editions
The work was published later (27 October 1868) as a part of Samlede Skrifter af H. C. Andersen. - Fem og Tyvende Bind [Danish title]. (Number 1026. BFN 971. Category/genre: Collected and miscellaneous writings).
The work was published later (10 December 1870) as a part of Eventyr og Historier. Tredie Bind. 1870 [Danish title]. (Number 333. BFN 1007. Category/genre: Fairy tale collection).