year | event |
1307 | Edward I dies |
1308 | Edward II marries Isabella of France (daugher of Philip IV, and sister to three French kings) then withn a month is crowned King of England |
1327 | Edward II dies, Edward III becomes King of England |
Charles IV of France dies, leaving no heir; by ENGLISH thinking, Edward III is King of France, as well; French “Salic Law” refuses to recongize a king who descends via the female (as Edward III had through Isabella); Philip of Valois becomes Philip VI of France (even though he is a first cousin of Charles IV, and further in blood from Charles than was Edward III) | |
1330 | Edward, Black Prince of Wales, heir to Edward III is born |
1337 | Edward declares himself King of France; the Hundred Years’ War begins |
1338 | Lionel of Antwerp (Clarence), second heir to Edward III, is born |
1340 | English navy defeats France at the coast of the Netherlands; English now control the channel |
John of Gaunt (Lancaster), third heir to Edward III, is born | |
1341 | Edmund of Langley (York), fourth heir to Edward III, is born |
1346 | England invades France |
1347 | England takes Calais after year-long seige |
1350 | Phlip VI dies; John II of France begins reign |
1355 | Edward Black Prince of Wales goes to France with his own mlitary command |
Thomas of Woodstock (Gloucester), fifth heir to Edward III, is born | |
1356 | John II captured at Battle of Poitiers |
1359 | John of Gaunt marries Blanche of Lancaster |
1360 | Treaty of Calais ends first portion of Hundred Years’ War; Edward gains control over more French territories |
1361 | Edward Black Prince of Wales marries Joan of Kent (his cousin, after receiving papal permission and absolution) |
1364 | Charles V of France begins reign |
Henry Percy (Hotspur) is born… three years before Bolingbroke is born | |
1365 | Edward of Angouleme, son to Edward Black Prince of Wales, is born |
1367 | Richard of Bordeaux, son to Edward Black Prince of Wales (and future Richard II), is born |
Henry Bolingbroke, son to John of Gaunt, and future Henry IV, is born | |
1368 | Lionel of Antwerp (Clarence), second heir to Edward III, dies |
1369 | Blanche of Lancaster, wife to John of Gaunt, dies |
1371 | John of Gaunt marries Constance of Castille while simultaneously beginning an affair with Katherine Swynford (fathering four children by her… don’t worry, he’ll marry her later) |
1372 | Edward of Angouleme, son to Edward Black Prince of Wales, dies |
1373 | Edward, son of Duke of York (Aumerle), is born |
John of Gaunt assumes command of English army in France | |
John Beaufort, then illegitimate child of John of Gaunt, is born | |
1375 | Henry Beaufort, then illegitimate child of John of Gaunt, is born |
1376 | Edward Black Prince of Wales, heir to Edward III, dies |
Thomas of Woodstock (Gloucester) marries Eleanor de Bohun | |
1377 | Edward III dies |
Richard II crowned King of England at age ten | |
Thomas Beaufort, then illegitimate child of John of Gaunt, is born | |
1379 | Joan Beaufort, then illegitimate child of John of Gaunt, is born |
1381 | Richard II puts down Wat Tyler uprisings |
1382 | Richard II marries Anne of Bohemia |
1386 | Henry Bolingbroke marries Mary de Bohun, sister of Eleanor de Bohun, making Gloucester and Bolingbrook both uncle and nephew AND brothers-in-law |
1387 | Prince Hal, son of Henry Bolingbroke, and future Henry V, is born |
Thomas, son of Henry Bolingbroke, is born | |
1388 | Thomas of Woodstock (Gloucester) leads the Lords Appellant uprising against Richard II, weakening the king’s power |
1389 | John, son of Henry Bolingbroke, is born |
1390 | Humphrey, son of Henry Bolingbroke, is born |
1394 | Anne of Bohemia dies of plague without providing an heir for Richard II |
Constance of Castille, John of Gaunt’s second wife, died | |
Mary de Bohun, wife of Henry Bolingbroke, dies | |
1396 | John of Gaunt marries (again) Katherine Swinford, with whom he had fathered four children in the 1370’s |
1397 | Richard II marries Isabella, daughter to new King of France Charles VI, age seven |
1397 | Richard II deposes the Lords Appellant and imprisons Gloucester |
1397 | Thomas of Woodstock (Gloucester), fifth heir to Edward III, is murdered in prison (presumably under Richard II’s order) |
1398 | EVENTS OF RICHARD THE SECOND BEGIN both Bolingbroke and Richard are 31 years old, and Richard is in the 21st year of his reign |
1398 | Bolingbroke and Mowbray make their accusations |
1398 | Richard banishes Mowbray and Bolingbroke |
1399 | John of Gaunt dies (February) |
Richard II leaves for the Irish Wars (May) | |
Bolingbroke lands at Ravenspur (June) | |
Richard returns from Ireland (July 24) | |
Richard II surrenders (August 19) | |
Richard II imprisoned in Tower of London (September 1) | |
Richard II resigns crown (September 29) | |
Bolingbroke is crowned King Henry IV (October 13) | |
1400 | Richard dies in captivity (February 14) |