Richard of Bordeaux

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Richard of Bordeaux was the medieval English king who ruled as Richard II from 1377 to 1399, known for his troubled reign marked by the Peasants' Revolt and his eventual deposition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf King of England
human
monarch
associatedWith Hundred Years' War
birthDate 1367-01-06
birthPlace Bordeaux
Duchy of Aquitaine
Kingdom of England
burialPlace Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster
surface form: Confessor's Chapel, Westminster Abbey

Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster
surface form: Westminster Abbey
causeOfDeath disputed
coronationDate 1377-07-16
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
deathDate 1400-02-14
deathPlace Pontefract
Pontefract Castle
West Yorkshire
deposedBy King Henry IV of England
surface form: Henry Bolingbroke
father Edward the Black Prince
givenName Richard
house House of Lancaster
House of Plantagenet
knownFor autocratic style of kingship
conflict with the English nobility
patronage of the arts
languageSpoken Anglo-Norman
surface form: Anglo-Norman French

Middle English
mother Joan of Kent
nobleFamily House of Plantagenet
surface form: Plantagenet dynasty
notableEvent Lords Appellant crisis
Merciless Parliament
Peasants' Revolt of 1381
deposition of Richard II
positionHeld King of England
possibleCauseOfDeath starvation
predecessor Edward III of England
regnalName King Richard II of England
surface form: Richard II
reignEnd 1399
reignStart 1377
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
spouse Anne of Bohemia and Luxembourg
surface form: Anne of Bohemia

Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Touraine
surface form: Isabella of Valois
style King Richard II of England
surface form: Richard II, by the grace of God, King of England and France and Lord of Ireland
successor King Henry IV of England
surface form: Henry IV of England
title Duke of Aquitaine
Duke of Cornwall
Earl of Chester
Prince of Wales

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King Richard II of England fullName Richard of Bordeaux
subject surface form: Richard II of England