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The Mad Monarchist: Monarch Profile: King Richard II of England English Monarchs, Royal Family Trees, Richard Ii, Medieval England, English Royalty, Wars Of The Roses, King Richard, Great King, English History

Richard of Bordeaux (as he was sometimes known) was born on January 6, 1367. The son of the “Black Prince” and grandson of the great King Edward III, he had an illustrious lineage and impossibly big shoes to fill when the death of his father and older brother left him as heir to the throne at a very young age. History has not been kind to the monarch who, at the age of only 10-years old, came to the throne as King Richard II in 1377. How much of the criticism heaped on him over the centuries…

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