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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Richard II
|image=
|birth_date=February 6, 1367
|birth_place=Bordeaux, France
|death_date=c. February 1400
|death_place=Pontefract Castle, Yorkshire
|religion=
|spouse=Anne of Bohemia (m. 1382, d. 1394) <br/> Isabella of Valois (m. 1396)
|children=
|alma_mater=
|party=
|office=King of England
|term_start=June 22, 1377
|term_end=September 29, 1399
|preceded=[[Edward V]]
|succeeded=[[Henry IV]]
}}
'''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.