King Richard ii

King Richard II
Father: Edward, the Black Prince (d. 1376)
Mother: Joan, Fair Maid of Kent
Born: 6th January, 1367 -  Bordeaux, France
Acceded to the throne: 1377 (aged 10)
Crowned at Westminster Abbey
Married: Anne of Bohemia (d. 1394)
Married: Isabella of France - aged 9 years
Abdicated: 1399 in favour of Henry IV
Died: 14th February, 1400 at Pontefract Castle (starved to death), aged 33 years
Buried: Langley - reinterred Westminster Abbey in 1413

"This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd  isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of  Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This  fortress built by Nature for herself
Against  infection and the hand of war,
This  happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a  wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England,"
(The Tragedy of King Richard II - Wm. Shakespeare
Act II, Scene 1)

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