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[[File:Richard II King of England.jpg|thumb|right|Portrait of RIchard I at Westminster Abbey, mid- | [[File:Richard II King of England.jpg|thumb|right|Portrait of RIchard I at Westminster Abbey, mid-1390s]]'''Richard II''' (1367–1400) was King of England from 1377 to 1399. He was the son of Edward the Black Prince, and great-grandson of [[Edward II]]. | ||
Early in his reign he showed personal courage during the Peasant's Revolt, but in later years he came into conflict with leading noblemen, and was finally induced to abdicate in favour of Henry Bolingbroke, who became Henry IV. The circumstances of his death remain obscure. | Early in his reign he showed personal courage during the Peasant's Revolt, but in later years he came into conflict with leading noblemen, and was finally induced to abdicate in favour of Henry Bolingbroke, who became Henry IV. The circumstances of his death remain obscure. | ||
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Richard II (1367–1400) was King of England from 1377 to 1399. He was the son of Edward the Black Prince, and great-grandson of Edward II.
Early in his reign he showed personal courage during the Peasant's Revolt, but in later years he came into conflict with leading noblemen, and was finally induced to abdicate in favour of Henry Bolingbroke, who became Henry IV. The circumstances of his death remain obscure.
Richard was accused by the chronicler, Thomas Walsingham, of a homosexual relationship with Robert DeVere, Earl of Oxford.