Richard II of England

Richard II
King of England, Lord of Ireland
Portrait at Westminster Abbey, mid-1390s
King of England
Reign	22 June 1377 – 14 February 1400
Coronation	16 July 1377
Predecessor	Edward III
Successor	Henry IV
Born	(1367-01-06)6 January 1367 Bordeaux, Principality of Aquitaine
Died	14 February 1400(1400-02-14) (aged 33) Pontefract Castle, West Yorkshire
Burial	Westminster Abbey, London
Spouse	Anne of Bohemia (1382–1394) Isabella of Valois (1396–1400)
House	House of Plantagenet
Father	Edward, Prince of Wales "The Black Prince"
Mother	Joan of Kent

Richard II (6 January 1367 – 14 February 1400) was the son of Edward, the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan of Kent, "The Fair Maid of Kent". He was born in Bordeaux and became his father's successor when his elder brother died in infancy.

Since his father died before him, he became king in 1377. His uncle John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster, became regent until Richard could rule. He was deposed and made to abdicate in 1399 by Henry of Bolingbroke (Henry IV), John of Gaunt's son with Blanche of Lancaster; taken prisoner; and was killed in captivity later that year.