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Richard, despite two marriages, to Anne and Isabelle of France, had no children, and was overthrown in 1399 by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV). For information about the the royal family in the reign of Richard II, see his family tree (pdf file, 76KB).
Family tree of British monarchs. The following is a simplified family tree of the English, Scottish, and British monarchs. For more-detailed charts see: Family tree of the British royal family from James VI and I to the present.
- Early Years
- King of England
- Poll Tax
- Marriages
- Ruler of England
- Later Rule
King Richard II was born on 6th January 1367 to Edward, the Black Prince, eldest son of Edward III, and Joan of Kent at Woodstock Palace. He was known as Henry Bolingbroke after his place of birth. Richard was the couple’s second son, his brother Edward had been born in 1364. At the time of his birth, his father was heir to the throne. In 1371, Ric...
King Edward III died on 21st June 1377 and ten year-old Richard became King of England. King Richard II was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 16th July 1377. Because he was a minor, his uncle, John of Gaunt, acted as regent for the young king.
At the time of Richard’s accession, England was at war with France and a new tax called a poll tax was introduced to finance the war. The new tax was very unpopular because everyone, rich and poor, had to pay the same rate. In 1381 the rate of the poll tax was raised to 1 shilling (equivalent to around £40 in 2022). Encouraged by travelling priest ...
On 20th January 1382, King Richard II married Anne of Bohemia, daughter of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. The couple were close but had no children. Anne died on 7th June 1394, possibly from the plague, at Sheen Palace. Richard was very upset by her death and had Sheen Palace demolished. On 4th November 1396, Richard married for the second time. A...
Richard began to take control of the country around 1383. He began to upset members of the nobility when he appointed his favourites to key positions. In 1387, a group of noblemen, known as the Appellants, accused a number of Richard’s closest friends of treason. Richard’s cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, was one of the Appellants. King Richard II refuse...
By 1397 King Richard II had returned to using the system for his own ends. He ordered the execution of his opponents – Thomas Duke of Gloucester and Richard Earl of Arundel – and the exile of the Earl of Warwick and the Archbishop of Canterbury. The following year Richard banished Henry Bolingbroke and the Duke of Norfolk after they had chosen to s...
Queen of England: King Richard II 1367–1400 r. 1377–1399 King of England: Isabella of Valois 1389–1409 Queen of England: House of Lancaster: John of Lancaster 1374–1375: Catherine of Lancaster 1373–1418 Queen of Castile and León: Henry III 1379–1406 King of Castile: Edmund Mortimer 1352–1381 3rd Earl of March: Philippa of ...
Isabella of France = Edward II (1307–27) Margaret of France (2) = EDWARD I = (1) Eleanor of Castile Edmund earl of Kent Edmund of = Isabella of Langley of Castile earl of (d. 1392) Cambridge, duke of York (d. 1402) Thomas of = Eleanor Woodstock Bohun earl of (d. 1399) Buckingham, duke of Gloucester (d. 1397) Thomas Holland = Alice 2nd earl of ...
Character and assessment. Family tree. See also. Notes. References. Sources. External links. Richard II of England. Richard II (6 January 1367 – c. 14 February 1400 ), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399.
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Apr 26, 2022 · Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England. Genealogy for Richard II Plantagenet, King of England (1367 - c.1400) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
