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    Richard II (6 January 1367 – c. 14 February 1400), also known as Richard of Bordeaux, was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. He was...
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    The Life and Death of King Richard the Second, often shortened to Richard II, is a history play by William Shakespeare believed to have been written around...
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    Richard II (died 28 August 1026), called the Good (French: Le Bon), was the duke of Normandy from 996 until 1026. Richard was the eldest surviving son...
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  • Richard II of Aquila (fl. 1156) Richard II of Capua (died 1105/1106) Richard M. Daley or Richard II (born 1942), mayor of Chicago, Illinois Richard II...
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    Richard Lee II (1647 – 1714) was an American planter, politician and military officer from Northumberland County, Virginia who served in both houses of...
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  • "Richard II" is first episode of the first series of the British television series The Hollow Crown, based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name...
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    Richard I (28 August 932 – 20 November 996), also known as Richard the Fearless (French: Richard Sans-Peur; Old Norse: Jarl Rikard), was the count of Rouen...
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    Young King, and Matilda; William died before Richard's birth. As a younger son of King Henry II, Richard was not expected to ascend the throne. Four more...
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    revolt by his brother. Richard III was the eldest son of Richard II of Normandy and Judith of Brittany. Around 1026, Richard was sent by his father in...
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    in regard to Henry II and his sons. Some class Henry II to be the first Plantagenet King of England; others refer to Henry, Richard, and John as the Angevin...
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    ISBN 978-1-84415-965-9. Saul, Nigel (2005). The Three Richards: Richard I, Richard II and Richard III. London: Hambledon Continuum. ISBN 978-1852855215. Seward...
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    was an English medieval nobleman and one of the primary opponents of Richard II. He was the son of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick by his wife...
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  • line, who became Richard II. After the death of Richard's uncle, John of Gaunt, in 1399, the two main contenders to be Richard II's heir were: Edmund...
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    nomination. In 2012, Whishaw played the title role in a BBC Two adaptation of Richard II, for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor...
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    held the English throne from 1154, with the accession of Henry II, until 1485, when Richard III died. England was transformed under the Plantagenets, although...
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    influential figure during the reigns of both his father and his nephew, Richard II. As Duke of Lancaster, he is the founder of the royal House of Lancaster...
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    His godfather was King Richard II. There is no record of his birth or baptism and others put his birth in about 1375. Richard II was at York on 20 July...
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    which meant that the next king was Edward's eleven-year-old grandson Richard II (1377–1399). England continued to lay claim to France and remained at...
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    contained all the history plays from Richard II to Richard III; Carl Wery in the 1964 West German TV version König Richard III; David Warner in The Wars of...
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  • Andronicus. The Abbott of Westminster (fict) supports Richard and the Bishop of Carlisle in Richard II. Lord Abergavenny (hist) is Buckingham's son-in-law...
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    Olivier Award for Best Actress. Shaw notably played the male lead in Richard II, directed by Deborah Warner in 1995. She performed T. S. Eliot's poem...
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    Henry IV of England (category Peers created by Richard II)
    against Richard II, his first cousin, but he was not punished. However, he was exiled from court in 1398. After Henry's father died in 1399, Richard blocked...
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    Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty...
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    fall out of use by the 15th century; cf. Richard the Redeless, a 15th century poem in reference to Richard II of England. For this king's forebear of the...
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    for an Olivier Award, Red (2009–2010), which won him that award, and Richard II (2011–2012). He made his Broadway debut in the transfer of Red, earning...
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    Richard Cromwell (4 October 1626 – 12 July 1712) was an English statesman, the second and final Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland...
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    Geoffrey le Baker depicted Edward as a saintly, tortured martyr, and Richard II gave royal support for an unsuccessful bid to have Edward canonised in...
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    Tamburlaine and The Odyssey (RSC); Sugar Mummies and Breath Boom (Royal Court); Richard II (Globe); Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Donmar Warehouse); Great Expectations...
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    November 1389 – 13 September 1409) was Queen of England as the wife of Richard II, King of England, between 1396 and 1399, and Duchess of Orléans as the...
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    and Duke Richard II of Normandy support Odo II by arguing that Robert II should not behave like a "tyrant". Summoned by the king in 1023, Odo II courteously...
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