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- Richard II may have won accolades for his success in putting down the Peasants' Revolt but any hopes that England had found itself a fine king, true and just, were soon dashed.
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May 28, 2024 · Richard II (born January 6, 1367, Bordeaux [France]—died February 1400, Pontefract, Yorkshire [now in West Yorkshire], England) was the king of England from 1377 to 1399. An ambitious ruler with a lofty conception of the royal office, he was deposed by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke ( Henry IV) because of his arbitrary and factional rule.
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- He Had a Surprising Heritage. Richard was a faker from the start. Born in 1367 to Edward, the Black Prince and Joan, Countess of Kent, Richard wasn't even born in England, the country he was soon to rule.
- He Had One Physical Flaw. For all that he had massive mental deficiencies, Richard's was physically blessed. He was six-foot tall and had mega-watt good looks, according to contemporary sources.
- He Wasn't Supposed to Be King. Richard II's birth and inheritance were unusual in more ways than one. First of all, the future king wasn't even the son of a king.
- He Suffered a Cruel Loss. Richard experienced devastating hardship very early on. When he was just a boy of four, his older brother Edward caught the bubonic plague and perished from one of the Medieval age's most gruesome ends.
According to the official record, read by the Archbishop of Canterbury during an assembly of lords and commons at Westminster Hall on Tuesday 30 September, Richard gave up his crown willingly and ratified his deposition citing as a reason his own unworthiness as a monarch.
Feb 17, 2011 · Top. Richard II, boy and man. Westminster Hall © Richard ruled as a mature monarch for little more than a decade from 1389, after inheriting the throne from his grandfather in 1377, at the...
Jan 22, 2020 · Richard II of England reigned as king from 1377 to 1399 CE. The son of the late Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376 CE), Richard would succeed his grandfather Edward III of England (r. 1327-1377 CE), but as he was only 10 years of age, he initially had to co-rule with his most powerful barons.
- Mark Cartwright
When his father and grandfather died within year of each other, the Richard II ascended the throne at just ten years old, ruling under the guidance of his uncle, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. Suddenly, Richard was the king, told he was appointed by divine right to rule, and he believed fervently in this right, for better and for worse.
Richard II © Richard was Plantagenet king of England from 1377 to 1399 and was usurped by Henry IV. Richard was born on 6 January 1367 in Bordeaux, the son of Edward, the Black Prince and...
