Richard II Plantagenet 
Richard II was born in Bordeaux, France. Richard II's father was Edward Plantagenet and his mother was Joane Plantagenet. His paternal grandparents were Edward and Philippa D'Avesnes; his maternal grandparents were Edmund Plantagenet and Margaret Wake. He had a brother named Edward. He had three half-brothers and six half-sisters, named Sir Thomas, Edmund, Sir John, Alianore, Margaret, Joane, Eleanor, Elizabeth and Bridget. He died in Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire, England. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, Middlesex, England.General Notes
Richard II, born in 1367, was the son of Edward, the Black Prince and Joan, the Fair Maid of Kent. Edward was but ten years old when he succeeded his grandfather, Edward III ; England was ruled by a council under the leadership of John of Gaunt , and Richard was tutored by Sir Simon Burley. He married the much-beloved Anne of Bohemia in 1382, who died childless in 1394. Edward remarried in 1396, wedding the seven year old Isabella of Valois, daughter of Charles VI of France, to end a further struggle with France.
Richard asserted royal authority during an era of royal restrictions. Economic hardship followed the Black Death, as wages and prices rapidly increased. Parliament exacerbated the problem by passing legislation limiting wages but failing to also regulate prices. In 1381, Wat Tyler led the Peasants' Revolt against the oppressive government policies of John of Gaunt. Richard's unwise generosity to his favorites - Michael de la Pole, Robert de Vere and others - led Thomas, Duke of Gloucester and four other magnates to form the Lords Appellant. The five Lords Appellant tried and convicted five of Richard's closest advisors for treason. In 1397, Richard arrested three of the five Lords, coerced Parliament to sentence them to death and banished the other two. One of the exiles was Henry Bolingbroke, the future Henry IV . Richard travelled to Ireland in 1399 to quell warring chieftains, allowing Bolingboke to return to England and be elected king by Parliament. Richard lacked support and was quickly captured by Henry IV.
Deposed in 1399, Richard was murdered while in prison, the first casualty of the Wars of the Roses between the Houses of Lancaster and York.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester, England d.16 Nov 1272 in London, England
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-on-the Sands, Cumberland, England
- b.1217 in Provence, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.25 Apr 1284 in Caernarvon Castle, Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, Wales d.21 Sep 1327 in murdered at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, England
- b.05 Aug 1201 in Läeon, Spain d.30 May 1252 in Sevilla, Spain
- b.1244 in Castile, Spain d.28 Nov 1290 in Herdeby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1216 in Dammartin, Seine-Et-Marne, France d.15 MAR 1278/79
- b.13 Nov 1312 in Windsor, England d.21 Jun 1377 in Richmond, co. Surry, England
- b.30 Apr 1245 in Poissy, France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan, Toulouse, France
- b.1268 in Fontainebleau, France d.29 Nov 1314 in Fontainebleau, Isle De France, France
- b.1243 in Barcelona, Aragon, Spain d.28 JAN 1270/71 in Cosenza, Italy
- b.1292 in Paris, France d.22 Aug 1358 in Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, England
- b.~ 1245 in Troyes, Aube, France d.22 Jul 1274 in Pampeluna, Navarre, Spain
- b.~ 1270 in Navarre, Spain d.1305 in Château De Vincennes, Vincennes, France
- b.1248 in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France d.02 May 1302 in Paris, France
- b.15 Jun 1330 in Windsor, England d.08 Jul 1376
- b.Apr 1218 in Houffalize, Luxembourg, Belgium d.24 Dec 1257 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.~ 1247 in Brabant, Brabant, Belgium d.22 Aug 1304 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.~ 1226 in Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands d.09 Apr 1283 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.~ 1281 in Hainault, Holland d.07 Jun 1337 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.~ 1220 in Luxembourg, Belgium
- b.~ 1252 in Luxembourg, Belgium d.06 Apr 1311 in Valenciennes, Nord, France
- b.~ 1224 in Bar Le Duc, Meuse, France d.25 Nov 1275
- b.24 Jun 1311 in Hainault, Holland d.15 Aug 1369 in Windsor, England
- b.30 Apr 1245 in Poissy, France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan, Toulouse, France
- b.12 MAR 1269/70 in Valois, France d.16 Dec 1325 in Nogent-le-Roi, , France
- b.1243 in Barcelona, Aragon, Spain d.28 JAN 1270/71 in Cosenza, Italy
- b.~ 1291 in Valois, France d.7 MAR 1341/42 in Fontenelle, Yonne, France
- b.~ 1245 in Napoli, Italy d.06 May 1309
- b.1273 in Napoli, Italy d.1299
- b.~ 1255 in Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungary d.MAR 1322/23
- b.6 JAN 1366/67 in Bordeaux, France d.6 JAN 1399/00 in Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire, England
- b.1166 in Kings Manor House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d.19 Oct 1216 in Newark Castle, Newark, Nottinghamshire
- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester, England d.16 Nov 1272 in London, England
- b.~ 1180 in Angoulême, Charente, France d.31 May 1246 in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault Maine-Et-Loire, France
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-on-the Sands, Cumberland, England
- b.1195 in Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France d.19 Aug 1245 in Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France
- b.1217 in Provence, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.~ 1201 in Chambery, Savoie, France d.1266
- b.05 Aug 1301 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England d.19 MAR 1329/30 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.25 Apr 1214 in Paris, Isle-de-France, France d.25 Aug 1270 in Tunis, Africa
- b.30 Apr 1245 in Poissy, France d.05 Oct 1285 in Perpignan, Toulouse, France
- b.~ 1220 in Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France d.21 Dec 1295 in Paris, France
- b.1275 in Paris, Isle de France, France d.14 FEB 1316/17 in Marlborough Castle, Wiltshire, England
- b.~ 1235 in Brabant, Flandres, France d.1261
- b.~ 1253 in Louvain, Brabant, France d.12 JAN 1320/21 in Mure, France
- b.~ 1238 in Bourgogne, France d.23 Oct 1273
- b.29 Sep 1328 in Woodstock, Kent, England d.08 Aug 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 1210 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England
- b.~ 1241 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England d.1263
- b.~ 1220 in Thetford, Norfolk, England d.1276
- b.~ 1240 in Blisworth, Northamptonshire, England d.31 May 1320
- b.~ 1188 in Winchester, Hampshire, England d.Aug 1257 in London, Middlesex, England
- b.~ 1242 in Colne-Quincy, Essex, England d.27 Mar 1284
- b.~ 1234 in Caernarvonshire, Wales d.24 Oct 1253
- b.~ 1295 in Liddel, Cambridgeshire, England d.29 Sep 1349
- b.~ 1197 in Tolleshunt, Essex, England d.1269
- b.~ 1245 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England d.11 Jul 1302 in Battle of Courtrain, Mynn, France
- b.~ 1203 in Hampden, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.1271 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England d.26 Oct 1309
- b.1225 in Courtrain, Mayenne, France d.1296 in Abbey of Maubuisson, France
- b.1245 in Courtrain, Mayenne, France d.1302 in Loupland, Maine, France
- b.1227 in Chateaudun, France d.> 1265
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Richard II and Isabella were married in a religious ceremony on November 1st, 1396. They had a son named Richard.
Richard II and Anne of were married in a religious ceremony in St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster Palace.
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