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| Richard II
(1367 - 1400)
| Timeline |
| 1367 |
Born 6 January to Edward the Black Prince and Joan "Fair Maid" of Kent |
| 1376 |
Created Prince of Wales |
| 1377 |
Succeeds his grandfather, Edward III |
| 1380 |
The last of the 'continual councils' is dismissed, Richard takes control |
| 1381 |
Peasant's Revolt (Wat Tyler's Rebellion) |
| 1382 |
Marries Anne of Bohemia (the sister of Wenceslas of Bohemia) |
| 1387 |
Led by the Duke of Gloucester, the Lords Appellant control the government |
| 1389 |
Richard again takes control of the government, William Wykeham is Lord Chancellor |
| 1394 |
Wife, Anne of Bohemia, dies; Richard II leads an army to reconquer west of Ireland |
| 1396 |
Marries Isabella of France (daughter of Charles VI) |
| 1397 |
Lords Appellant, led by Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, try and convict 5 of Richard's advisors of treason. Richard arrests 3 of the 5 Lords Appellant and has them executed. One of the remaining two, who were exiled, was Henry Bolingbroke |
| 1399 |
Again visits Ireland; on returning is captured, deposed (19 August), and imprisoned in Pontefract Castle |
| 1400 |
Dies 14 February |
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