richard ii

Richard II was good friends with his cousin Edward of Norwich and apparently would've preferred he succeeded him. Obviously, York has a distant claim to the throne with a brood of Lancasters blocking him from the agnatic succession, never mind agnatic-cognatic, so it seems like an unlikely...

Richard of Bordeux (The Last Plantagenet King from the main branch) has a son with either Anne of Bohemia or Isabella of Valois named Edward (After Edward the Black Prince). Will he still get deposed? Henry Boilingbroke won't have much of a claim as before being a son of Gaunt, or maybe it's...

So this Mowbray character is quite interesting to me. He just basically shuffles off screen in Shakespeare's play and in real life while Bolingbroke basically goes back to England in like two weeks because his father almost immediately falls ill after he is exiled... really self-fulfilling...

To Delve and Spin – A Medieval English timeline "When Adam delved and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman?" - John Ball, 1381 “I am your captain, follow me!" - King Richard II, 1381 England in 1381 was a fractious place. It had endured great hardships throughout the century including a...

During Wat Tyler’s Rebellion the Tower of London was sacked and royal officials were executed. Among the royal officials was Henry of Bolingbroke, who by virtue of being the son of John of Gaunt was also in danger. Fortunately for Henry he was saved by John Ferrour. But what if John hadn’t saved...

The POD is simple. At the time of death of the king Edward III of England. John of the Gaunt is his heir presumptive. That means that Richard of Bordeaux (OTL Richard II) dies before his grandfather. (It's possible that we have to remove Philippa De Mortimore as well, but personaly I can't...

Two potential discussion points: 1) He has a son (let us say the son is named Edward, born in 1390) 2) He has a daughter (named Elizabeth, born in 1390) What are the butterflies that would result from this? Who would the children likely marry? What happens to them after their father is deposed?

Edward of Lancaster (b. 1382), was a son of Henry IV (then the Earl of Derby IIRC), and Mary de Bohun, who died as a child. But what if he had lived? How would things change? Would Edward of Lancaster be exiled alongside his Father? If not, would Richard II still confiscate the Lancastrian lands...

I am currently reading Ian Mortimer's biography on Henry IV, and in it he mentions that had the Epiphany Rising succeeded (i.e. all male-line Lancastrians die :(), it is likely that Edmund of York or Edmund Mortimer would have been installed on the English throne, rather than Richard II. So what...

What do you think would happen in the timeline where Henry Bolingbroke married his cousin Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster? Assuming that they get papal approval for this marriage between first cousins, how do you think this marriage would affect history moving forward?

Considering that that she was the daughter and only child of Lionel Plantagenet, Duke of Clarance and that her marriage with Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March was the catalyst that'll spark the War of the Roses a century later. Not to mentioned that Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York made...

Chapter 1: Establishing her Heirdom October, 1396 The Princess: Joanne Charlotte Plantagenet The sunlight peeled through the window of the Princess’s room. It was a welcome relief to the Princess for she enjoyed the warmth of the sunlight better than man-made fires. She nudged Cecile, one of...

If Henry Bolingbroke dies before or on return to England and thus never imprisons and succeeds Richard II what can we expect? I'll assume Richard still dies childless.