Richard II Plantagenet King of England 
Richard II Plantagenet was born on May 1st, 1367 in Bordeaux, France.1 Richard II Plantagenet's father was Edward Plantagenet Prince of Wales and his mother was Joan the Fair Maid Plantagenet. His paternal grandparents were Edward III Plantagenet and Philippe de Hainault; his maternal grandparents were Edmund Plantagenet of Woodstock Earl of Kent and Margaret le Wake of Liddell Bss Wake. He had a brother named Edward. He had two half-brothers named Thomas de Holand II and John de Holand. He died in Pontefract Castle.1 General Notes
Acceded 1377-1399.
Richard II
Edward III's son, the Black Prince, died in 1376. The King's grandson, Richard II (reigned 1377-99), succeeded to the throne aged 10, on Edward's death. In 1381 the Peasants' Revolt broke out and Richard, aged 14, bravely rode out to meet the rebels at Smithfield, London. Wat Tyler, the principal leader of the peasants, was killed and the uprisings in the rest of the country were crushed over the next few weeks (Richard was later forced by his Council's advice to rescind the pardons he had given). Highly cultured, Richard was one of the greatest royal patrons of the arts; patron of Chaucer, it was Richard who ordered the technically innovative transformation of the Norman Westminster Hall to what it is today. (Built between 1097 and 1099 by William II, the Hall was the ceremonial and administrative centre of the kingdom; it also housed the Courts of Justice until 1882.)
Richard's authoritarian approach upset vested interests, and his increasing dependence on favourites provoked resentment. In 1388 the 'Merciless Parliament' led by a group of lords hostile to Richard (headed by the King's uncle, Gloucester) sentenced many of the King's favourites to death and forced Richard to renew his coronation oath. The death of his first queen, Anne of Bohemia, in 1394 further isolated Richard, and his subsequent arbitrary behaviour alienated people further. Richard took his revenge in 1397, arresting or banishing many of his opponents; his cousin, Henry of Bolingbroke, was also subsequently banished. On the death of Henry's father, John of Gaunt (a younger son of Edward III), Richard confiscated the vast properties of his Duchy of Lancaster (which amounted to a state within a state) and divided them among his supporters.
Richard pursued policies of peace with France (his second wife was Isabella of Valois); Richard still called himself king of France and refused to give up Calais, but his reign was concurrent with a 28 year truce in the Hundred Years War. His expeditions to Ireland failed to reconcile the Anglo-Irish lords with the Gaels. In 1399, whilst Richard was in Ireland, Henry of Bolingbroke returned to claim his father's inheritance. Supported by some of the leading baronial families (including Richard's former Archbishop of Canterbury), Henry captured and deposed Richard. Bolingbroke was crowned King as Henry IV. Risings in support of Richard led to his murder in Pontefract Castle; Henry V subsequently had his body buried in Westminster Abbey.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-on-the-Sands, near Carlisle, Cumberland, England
- b.1217 in Aix-en-Provence, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.25 Apr 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvonshire, Wales d.21 Sep 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
- b.05 Aug 1201 in Castile, Spain d.30 May 1252 in Seville, Spain
- b.~ 1241 in of Burgos, Castile, Spain d.29 Nov 1290 in Herdeby (near Grantham), Lincolnshire, England
- b.1216 in Abbeville, Somme, France d.15 MAR 1278/79 in Abbeville, France
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England d.21 Jun 1377 in Sheen Palace, Richmond, Surrey, England
- b.01 May 1245 in Poissy, Yvelines, France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orienta, France
- b.1268 in Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France d.29 Nov 1314 in Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France
- b.BET. 1243 - 1247 in Aragón, Spain or Montpellier, Herault, France d.28 JAN 1270/71 in Cosenza, Calabria, Italy
- b.1292 in France d.22 Aug 1358 in Hertford Castle, Hertfordshsire, England
- b.~ 1239 in Troyes, Aube, France d.1285 in Pamplona, Navarre, France
- b.JAN 1271/72 in Bar-Sur-Seine, Aube, France d.02 Apr 1305 in Château de Vincennes Paris, Val-de-Marne, France
- b.~ 1248 in Arras, France d.02 May 1302 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.15 Jun 1330 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England d.08 Jun 1376 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England
- b.1218 in Etroeungt, Nord, France d.24 Dec 1257 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.BET. 1247 - 1251 in Brabant, Holland d.22 Aug 1304 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.1225 in Netherlands d.1284 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.1286 in Hainaut, Belgium d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.BET. 1217 - 1220 d.24 Dec 1281
- b.1252 in Luxemburg d.06 Apr 1311 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.1220 d.23 Nov 1275
- b.24 Jun 1311 in Valenciennes, Hainault, Belgium d.14 Aug 1369 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England
- b.01 May 1245 in Poissy, Yvelines, France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orienta, France
- b.12 MAR 1269/70 in Fontainebleau, France d.16 Dec 1325 in Nogent-le-Roy
- b.BET. 1243 - 1247 in Aragón, Spain or Montpellier, Herault, France d.28 JAN 1270/71 in Cosenza, Calabria, Italy
- b.BET. 1294 - 1295 in Longpont, Aisen, France d.7 MAR 1341/42 in Fontenelle, Yonne, France
- b.1254 in of Naples, Italy d.05 May 1309 in Casanuova, Italy
- b.BET. 1273 - 1274 in Naples, Sicily d.31 Dec 1299
- b.BET. 1257 - 1258 in Hungary d.25 Mar 1323
- b.01 May 1367 in Bordeaux, France d.6 JAN 1399/00 in Pontefract Castle
- b.24 Dec 1167 in Beaumont Palace, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Lincolnshire
- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England d.16 Nov 1272 in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England
- b.1188 in Angoulême, Charente, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevrault L'Abbe, Maine-et-Loire, France
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-on-the-Sands, near Carlisle, Cumberland, England
- b.1198 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-Du-Rhone, France d.19 Aug 1245 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-Du-Rhone, France
- b.1217 in Aix-en-Provence, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.BET. 1198 - 1201 in of Chambaery, Savoie, France d.Dec 1266 in France
- b.05 Aug 1301 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England d.19 MAR 1329/30 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.01 May 1245 in Poissy, Yvelines, France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orienta, France
- b.1279 in Paris, France d.14 FEB 1316/17 in Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire, England
- b.1233 in Brabant d.1261
- b.1260 in Louvain, Brabant, Belgium d.12 JAN 1320/21 in Murel
- d.23 Oct 1273 in France
- b.29 Sep 1328 in England d.08 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England
- b.BET. 1202 - 1212 in Blisworth (Clevedon), North Hampshire, England d.18 Dec 1246 in Jerusalem, Palestine
- b.1236 in Blisworth, Northhamptonshire d.4 FEB 1281/82
- b.1220 in of Thetford, Norfolk or Framlingham, Suffolk d.<06 Apr 1276 in Cottingham, Yorkshire, England
- b.1268 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire d.~10 Apr 1300
- b.~ 1188 in England d.Aug 1257 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.1250 in Blisworth, North Hampshire, England d.<27 Mar 1285
- b.01 Nov 1207 in England d.1253 in Stevington, England
- b.~ 1299 d.29 Sep 1349 in England
- b.~ 1192 in Buckinghamshire, England d.BET. 1267 - 1270
- b.~ 1245 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England d.11 Jul 1302 in Courtral, Flandre, Occidential, Belgium
- b.~ 1210 in Buckinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1272 d.<26 Oct 1309
- b.~ 1225 in Acre, Palestine d.1296
- b.BET. 1245 - 1252 in of Courtrain, Mynn, France d.1302
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