King Richard II of England

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House of Plantagenet member King of England monarch

King Richard II of England was the late 14th-century monarch whose turbulent reign saw growing political unrest and ultimately his deposition by Henry Bolingbroke, later Henry IV.

Aliases (4)

Richard II of England ×73
Richard II ×5
Richard II, King of England ×1
ordered by or on behalf of Richard II of England ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	House of Plantagenet member → King of England → monarch →
abdicationDate	1399-09-29 →
ageAtAccession	10 →
associatedWithEvent	Lords Appellant crisis → Merciless Parliament →
birthDate	1367-01-06 →
birthPlace	Bordeaux → Duchy of Aquitaine → Kingdom of England →
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey →
causeOfDeath	probable starvation →
coronationDate	1377-07-16 →
countryRuled	Kingdom of England →
cousin	Henry Bolingbroke →
deathDate	c. 1400-02-14 →
deathPlace	Kingdom of England → Pontefract Castle → Yorkshire →
deposedBy	Henry Bolingbroke → Henry IV of England →
dynasty	Plantagenet dynasty →
era	Late Middle Ages →
facedRebellionBy	Henry Bolingbroke →
father	Edward the Black Prince →
fullName	Richard of Bordeaux →
grandfather	Edward III of England NERFINISHED →
grandmother	Philippa of Hainault →
house	House of Plantagenet →
imprisonedAt	Pontefract Castle →
knownFor	autocratic style of kingship → conflict with English nobility →
mother	Joan of Kent →
notableEvent	Peasants' Revolt of 1381 →
patronOf	Geoffrey Chaucer →
portrayedInWork	William Shakespeare's play "Richard II" →
predecessor	Edward III of England NERFINISHED →
regnalNumber	II →
reignEnd	1399-09-29 →
reignStart	1377-06-22 →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
spouse	Anne of Bohemia → Isabella of Valois →
succeededToThroneAs	minor →
successor	Henry IV of England →
title	Duke of Aquitaine → King of England → Lord of Ireland →

Referenced by (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Isabella of England, Lady de Coucy ("Richard II of England") → John of Gaunt ("Richard II of England") →	relative
Anne of Bohemia ("Richard II of England") → Anne of Bohemia ("Richard II, King of England") →	spouse
Edward III of England ("Richard II of England") → Edward of Windsor ("Richard II of England") →	successor
Ricardian poets ("Richard II of England") →	activeDuringReignOf
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester ("Richard II of England") →	arrestOrderedBy
Anne of Bohemia ("Richard II of England") →	associatedWith
Edward the Black Prince ("Richard II of England") →	child
Confessio Amantis ("Richard II of England") →	commissionedBy
First Folio of Shakespeare ("Richard II") →	containsWork
Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York ("Richard II of England") →	createdDukeOfYorkBy
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester ("ordered by or on behalf of Richard II of England") →	deathContext
Confessio Amantis ("Richard II of England") →	dedicatedTo
Geoffrey Chaucer →	employer
Henry IV, Part 1 ("Richard II") →	follows
House of Plantagenet ("Richard II of England") →	hasMonarch
Shakespeare quartos ("Richard II") →	includesEditionOf
Shakespearean tragedies ("Richard II") →	includesWork
Lordship of Ireland ("Richard II of England") →	monarch
William of Wykeham ("Richard II") →	monarchDuringService
Ricardian poets ("Richard II of England") →	namedAfter
Peasants' Revolt of 1381 ("Richard II of England") →	opponent
Henry IV of England ("Richard II of England") →	predecessor
Edward III of England ("Richard II of England") →	successorInFranceClaim
Melrose Abbey ("Richard II of England") →	sufferedAttack
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester ("Richard II of England") →	titleGrantedBy
Lord of Ireland ("Richard II of England") →	titleHolder
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester ("Richard II of England") →	uncleOf
Sheen Palace ("Richard II of England") →	usedBy
Beaufort family ("Richard II of England") →	wasLegitimizedBy