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Richard II (Plantagenet), King of England

Richard II (Plantagenet), King of England

Male 1366 - 1400  (34 years)

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  1. 1.  Richard II (Plantagenet), King of EnglandRichard II (Plantagenet), King of England was born on 6 Jan. 1366 in Bordeaux, France (son of Edward (Plantagenet), The Black Prince, Prince of Wales and Lady Joan (Plantagenet), "The Fair Maid of Kent"); died on 14 Feb. 1400 in Pontefract Castle, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Regnal Name: Richard II
    • Hereditary Title: 1376; Duke of Cornwall
    • Hereditary Title: 1376; Earl of Chester
    • Hereditary Title: 1376; Prince of Wales
    • Hereditary Title: 22 June 1377; King of England
    • Coronation: 16 July 1377

    Richard married Anne (de Luxembourg), of Bohemia on 22 Jan. 1383 in Westminster Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England. Anne (daughter of Charles IV (de Luxembourg), King of Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperor) was born on 11 May 1366 in Prague, Bohemia; died on 7 June 1394 in Palace of Sheen, Sheen, Richmond, Surrey, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Richard married Isabel de Valois on 31 Oct. 1396 in Calais, France. Isabel (daughter of Charles VI (de Valois), King of France) was born on 9 Nov. 1387 in Château du Louvre, Paris, France; died on 13 Sept. 1409 in Blois, France; was buried in Blois, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Edward (Plantagenet), The Black Prince, Prince of WalesEdward (Plantagenet), The Black Prince, Prince of Wales was born on 15 June 1330 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England (son of Edward III (Plantagenet), King of England and Philippa (Avesnes), of Hainault); died on 8 June 1376 in Westminster, Middlesex, England; was buried in Canterbury, Kent, England.

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: 1343; Prince of Wales
    • Hereditary Title: 1362; Duke of Aquitaine [by paternal cession]

    Notes:

    Hereditary Title:
    Forfeited by the King of France, 1370

    Edward married Lady Joan (Plantagenet), "The Fair Maid of Kent" on 10 Oct. 1361 in Windsor, Berkshire, England. Joan (daughter of Edmund (Plantagenet), of Woodstock, Earl of Kent and Margaret Wake) was born on 29 Sept. 1328; died on 8 Aug. 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Lady Joan (Plantagenet), "The Fair Maid of Kent" was born on 29 Sept. 1328 (daughter of Edmund (Plantagenet), of Woodstock, Earl of Kent and Margaret Wake); died on 8 Aug. 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England.

    Notes:

    In 1381, on her return from a pilgrimage to Canterbury, her carriage was surrounded by the Kentish insurgents raised by Wat Tyler, who were so threatening and insulting that, affrighted, she drove without a halt from Canterbury back to London (Idem, volume ix, page 391).

    Died:
    Her inquisitions give her death variously as 7, 8, 21 August, and one gives 8 July—a month before she made her will. Froissart, who lived in her house at Berkhampstead during the Queen's visit in 1361 (Froissart (ed. Kervyn de Lettenhove), volume vi, page 367); volume xvi, page 142), describes Joan as "la plus belle dame de tout roiaulme d'Engleterre, et la plus amoureuse" (Idem, volume ii, page 243).

    Children:
    1. Edward (Plantagenet), of Angoulême was born on 27 July 1364; died in 1372.
    2. 1. Richard II (Plantagenet), King of England was born on 6 Jan. 1366 in Bordeaux, France; died on 14 Feb. 1400 in Pontefract Castle, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Edward III (Plantagenet), King of EnglandEdward III (Plantagenet), King of England was born on 13 Nov. 1312 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England (son of Edward II (Plantagenet), King of England and Isabella (Capet), of France); died on 21 June 1377 in Palace of Sheen, Sheen, Richmond, Surrey, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Regnal Name: Edward III
    • Hereditary Title: 7 Jan. 1327; King of England
    • Coronation: 1 Feb. 1327, Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England

    Edward married Philippa (Avesnes), of Hainault on 24 Jan. 1328 in York Minster, York, Yorkshire, England. Philippa (daughter of William III (Avesnes), Count of Holland and Hainault) died on 15 Aug. 1369 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Philippa (Avesnes), of Hainault (daughter of William III (Avesnes), Count of Holland and Hainault); died on 15 Aug. 1369 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.
    Children:
    1. 2. Edward (Plantagenet), The Black Prince, Prince of Wales was born on 15 June 1330 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England; died on 8 June 1376 in Westminster, Middlesex, England; was buried in Canterbury, Kent, England.
    2. Isabel (Plantagenet) was born in 1332; died in 1382.
    3. Joan (Plantagenet) was born in 1335; died on 2 Sept. 1348.
    4. William (Plantagenet), of Hatfield was born in 1336.
    5. Lionel (Plantagenet), of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence was born on 29 Nov. 1338; died on 17 Oct. 1368.
    6. John (Plantagenet), of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster was born in March 1340 in St. Bavo's Abbey, Ghent, Belgium; died on 3 Feb. 1398/99 in Leicester Castle, Leicester, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 16 March 1398/99 in Old St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England.
    7. Edmund (Plantagenet), of Langley, 1st Duke of York was born on 5 June 1341 in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England; died on 1 Aug. 1402 in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Church of the Friars Preachers, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England.
    8. Blanche (Plantagenet) was born in 1342.
    9. Mary (Plantagenet) was born on 10 Oct. 1344; died in 1362.
    10. Margaret (Plantagenet) was born on 20 July 1346; died in 1361.
    11. Thomas (Plantagenet), of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester was born on 7 Jan. 1355/56; died on 8 Sept. 1397 in Calais, France.

  3. 6.  Edmund (Plantagenet), of Woodstock, Earl of KentEdmund (Plantagenet), of Woodstock, Earl of Kent was born on 5 Aug. 1301 (son of Edward I (Plantagenet), King of England and Princess Margaret (Capet), of France); died on 19 March 1330.

    Edmund married Margaret Wake in 1327. Margaret (daughter of John (Wake), 1st Lord Wake of Lydell) died on 29 Sept. 1349. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Margaret Wake (daughter of John (Wake), 1st Lord Wake of Lydell); died on 29 Sept. 1349.
    Children:
    1. Edward (Plantagenet), 2nd Earl of Kent was born circa 1327; died in 1333.
    2. John (Plantagenet), 3rd Earl of Kent was born on 7 April 1330; died on 27 Dec. 1352.
    3. 3. Lady Joan (Plantagenet), "The Fair Maid of Kent" was born on 29 Sept. 1328; died on 8 Aug. 1385 in Wallingford Castle, Wallingford, Berkshire, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Edward II (Plantagenet), King of EnglandEdward II (Plantagenet), King of England was born on 25 April 1284 in Carnarvon, Carnarvonshire, Wales (son of Edward I (Plantagenet), King of England and Princess Eleanor (Ivrea), of Castile); died on 21 Sept. 1327 in Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Grey Friars, London, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Regnal Name: Edward II
    • Hereditary Title: 7 Feb. 1301; Earl of Chester [by charter]
    • Hereditary Title: 7 Feb. 1301; Prince of Wales
    • Hereditary Title: 8 July 1307; Duke of Aquitaine
    • Hereditary Title: From 8 July 1307 to 7 Jan. 1327; King of England
    • Coronation: 23 Feb. 1308

    Edward married Isabella (Capet), of France on 28 Jan. 1308 in Boulogne, France. Isabella (daughter of Philip IV (Capet), King of France) was born in 1292; died on 22 Aug. 1358 in Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Isabella (Capet), of France was born in 1292 (daughter of Philip IV (Capet), King of France); died on 22 Aug. 1358 in Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England.
    Children:
    1. 4. Edward III (Plantagenet), King of England was born on 13 Nov. 1312 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England; died on 21 June 1377 in Palace of Sheen, Sheen, Richmond, Surrey, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.
    2. John (Plantagenet), of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall was born on 25 Aug. 1316; died on 14 Sept. 1336.
    3. Eleanor (Plantagenet) was born in 1318; died on 22 April 1355.
    4. Joan (Plantagenet) was born in 1321; died on 7 Sept. 1362.

  3. 10.  William III (Avesnes), Count of Holland and Hainault

    Other Events:

    • Regnal Name: William III

    Children:
    1. 5. Philippa (Avesnes), of Hainault died on 15 Aug. 1369 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

  4. 12.  Edward I (Plantagenet), King of EnglandEdward I (Plantagenet), King of England was born on 17 June 1239 in Westminster, Middlesex, England (son of Henry III (Plantagenet), King of England and Eleanor (Barcelona), of Provence); died on 8 July 1307 in Burgh-on-the-Sands, Carlisle, Cumberland, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Regnal Name: Edward I
    • Hereditary Title: 16 Nov. 1272; Duke of Aquitaine
    • Hereditary Title: 16 Nov. 1272; King of England
    • Coronation: 19 Aug. 1274

    Edward married Princess Margaret (Capet), of France on 8 Sept. 1299 in Canterbury, Kent, England. Margaret (daughter of Philip III (Capet), King of France) died on 14 Feb. 1317 in Marlborough Castle, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England; was buried in Grey Friars, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 13.  Princess Margaret (Capet), of France (daughter of Philip III (Capet), King of France); died on 14 Feb. 1317 in Marlborough Castle, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England; was buried in Grey Friars, London, Middlesex, England.
    Children:
    1. Thomas (Plantagenet), of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk was born on 1 June 1300; died in Aug. 1338.
    2. 6. Edmund (Plantagenet), of Woodstock, Earl of Kent was born on 5 Aug. 1301; died on 19 March 1330.
    3. Eleanor (Plantagenet) was born in 1306.

  6. 14.  John (Wake), 1st Lord Wake of Lydell
    Children:
    1. 7. Margaret Wake died on 29 Sept. 1349.


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