'''Richard II''' (1367-1400), King of [[England]] (1377-1399), was ten years old when he succeeded his grandfather, [[Edward III]]. His father, [[Edward the Black Prince]] had died the year before of an illness contracted whilst campaigning in France, and for the first five to seven years of his reign he ruled with a regency council guided by [[John of Gaunt]], Duke of [[Lancaster]], his uncle. | '''Richard II''' (1367-1400), King of [[England]] (1377-1399), was ten years old when he succeeded his grandfather, [[Edward III]]. His father, [[Edward the Black Prince]] had died the year before of an illness contracted whilst campaigning in France, and for the first five to seven years of his reign he ruled with a regency council guided by [[John of Gaunt]], Duke of [[Lancaster]], his uncle. |