Richard II of England
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| Richard II | |
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| King of England; Lord of Ireland (more...) | |
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| Portrait at Westminster Abbey, mid-1390s | |
| Reign | 22 June 1377 – 29 September 1399 (22 years) |
| Coronation | 16 July 1377 |
| Predecessor | Edward III "of Windsor" |
| Regent | John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (de facto) |
| Successor | Henry IV "Bolingbroke" |
| Consort | Anne of Bohemia (1382–1394) Isabella of Valois (1396–1400) |
| Titles and styles | |
| King Richard II The King The Prince of Wales |
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| Royal house | House of Plantagenet |
| Father | Edward, Prince of Wales "The Black Prince" |
| Mother | Joan of Kent |
| Born | 6 January 1367 Bordeaux, Principality of Aquitaine |
| Died | 14 February 1400 (aged 33) Pontefract Castle, West Yorkshire |
| Burial | Westminster Abbey, London |
Richard II (6 January 1367–14 February 1400) was the son of Edward, the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan of Kent"The Fair Maid of Kent". He was born in Bordeaux and became his father's successor when his elder brother died in infancy. His father died before him, so he became king in 1377. Towards the end of his reign, Richard became a tyrant.
Richard abdicated in 1399.[1] He died the next year.
[change] References
- ↑ "Abdication," Encyclopædia Britannica (1911); retrieved 2011-12-18.
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