Richard the Second, 1377 to 1399
| BORN: | 6 January 1367, Bordeaux France. |
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| PARENTS: | Edward the Black Prince (son of Edward III) (1330 - 76), Joan of Kent (1328 - 85). |
| MARRIED: | (1) Anne of Bohemia (1366 - 94), 20 January 1382, St. Stephen's Chapel, Westminster Palace. (2) Isabelle of France (1389 - 1409), 4 November 1396, St. Nicholas's Church, Calais, France. |
| ACCEDED: | 22 June 1377 |
| CROWNED: | 16 July 1377, Westminster Abbey. (deposed: 29 September 1399) |
| DIED: | 14 February 1400, Pontefract Castle. |
| INTERRED: | King's Langley (removed to Westminster Abbey in 1413 under Henry V). |
| CHILDREN: | with Isabelle of France: (1) Richard Maudelyn [spurious] |
| COEVAL PERSONS: |
Scottish Crown: Robert II (Stuart) Robert III (Stuart) Opponents: Wat Tyler Archbishops of Canterbury: Simon Sudbury William Courtenay Thomas Arundel (banished) Roger Walden Popes: Gregory XI Urban VI Boniface IX Culture: Geoffrey Chaucer (writer) |
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| NOTABLE EVENTS: |
The Peasants' Revolt led by Wat Tyler. 1381. |
