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Exile of Richard II

England · House / House of Plantagenet. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1398–1399Date range
1Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1398

Richard II16 September 1398

Coventry · House / House of Plantagenet

Orders Bolingbroke & Mowbray to fight a duel at Coventry then intercedes. Exiles Bolingbroke & Mowbray as his regime becomes more despotic

Richard II16 September 1398

London · House / House of Plantagenet

Henry IV, Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt, is banished by Richard II

1399

Richard II3 February 1399

House / House of Plantagenet

Confiscates Bolingbrokes inheritance & extends his exile from 10 yrs to life

Names involved

Richard II

Provenance

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