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Richard II

Type Figure Region England Time 1367–1400 Also known as Richard II、Richard Plantagenet、King Richard II

Last Plantagenet king of England, born in Bordeaux in 1367, took the throne at ten in 1377;…

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  1. 1381London · LondonThe 1381 peasant uprising reached London; Richard II, only fourteen, met rebel leader Wat Tyler at Smithfield, after which the uprising was suppressed, showing his early personal rule stance.
  2. 1382–1386Westminster · LondonHe married Anne of Bohemia in 1382, gradually shook off his uncles' regency influence, and favored Robert de Vere, creating him Duke of Ireland in 1386 and sending him to Ireland, provoking noble discontent.
  3. 1387–1390London · LondonIn 1387 his favorite de Vere was defeated at Radcot Bridge and fled into exile; in 1388 the Appellant lords (Woodstock, Bolingbroke, and others) executed several intimates at the 'Cruel Parliament', forcing Richard II to accept noble-dominated government, still recovering power by 1390.

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