WI: Richard II killed during the Peasants' Revolt?

What it says on the tin. Would the crown pass to the unpopular John of Gaunt or Lionel of Antwerp's daughter or grandchildren? If Lionel daughter, Philippa, held precedence, would she rule in her own right or would her husband, Edmund Mortimer, be crowned king?
 
What it says on the tin. Would the crown pass to the unpopular John of Gaunt or Lionel of Antwerp's daughter or grandchildren? If Lionel daughter, Philippa, held precedence, would she rule in her own right or would her husband, Edmund Mortimer, be crowned king?

If the Plantagenets lose England, the Plantagenets would only have Aquitaine or Gascony..
 
What it says on the tin. Would the crown pass to the unpopular John of Gaunt or Lionel of Antwerp's daughter or grandchildren? If Lionel daughter, Philippa, held precedence, would she rule in her own right or would her husband, Edmund Mortimer, be crowned king?

John of Gaunt would take the throne. In 1376 Edward III's entail to the crown established an agnatic succession which went like this:

  1. Richard of Bordeaux (b. 1367), son of Edward III's son Edward, the Black Prince (b. 1330)
  2. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. 1340), son of Edward III
  3. Henry Bolingbroke (b. 1366), son of John
  4. Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (b. 1341), son of Edward III
  5. Edward of Norwich (b. 1373), son of Edmund
  6. Richard of Conisburgh (b. 1375), son of Edmund
  7. Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (b. 1355), son of Edward III
As you can see Philippa was nowhere mentioned in it.
 
John of Gaunt would take the throne. In 1376 Edward III's entail to the crown established an agnatic succession which went like this:

  1. Richard of Bordeaux (b. 1367), son of Edward III's son Edward, the Black Prince (b. 1330)
  2. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. 1340), son of Edward III
  3. Henry Bolingbroke (b. 1366), son of John
  4. Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (b. 1341), son of Edward III
  5. Edward of Norwich (b. 1373), son of Edmund
  6. Richard of Conisburgh (b. 1375), son of Edmund
  7. Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (b. 1355), son of Edward III
As you can see Philippa was nowhere mentioned in it.

Okay. Thanks. Parliament's going to be absolutely thrilled. I'd wager John of Gaunt being king would make it more unlikely that he'd try to claim Castile. There might even be rumors that the revolt was one big conspiracy by him to gain the throne of England.
 
Bumping for interest.

If this POD occurs, would things end up being better, the same or worse for England in the short and long terms?
 
John of Gaunt would take the throne. In 1376 Edward III's entail to the crown established an agnatic succession which went like this:

  1. Richard of Bordeaux (b. 1367), son of Edward III's son Edward, the Black Prince (b. 1330)
  2. John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. 1340), son of Edward III
  3. Henry Bolingbroke (b. 1366), son of John
  4. Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (b. 1341), son of Edward III
  5. Edward of Norwich (b. 1373), son of Edmund
  6. Richard of Conisburgh (b. 1375), son of Edmund
  7. Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (b. 1355), son of Edward III
As you can see Philippa was nowhere mentioned in it.
I thought that kind of succession was invented by the Lancastrians rather than Edward III.
 
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