year |
event |
1327 |
Edward II dies, Edward III becomes King of England |
1330 |
Edward, Black Prince of Wales, heir to Edward III is born |
1338 |
Lionel of Antwerp (Clarence), second heir to Edward III, is born |
1340 |
John of Gaunt (Lancaster), third heir to Edward III, is born |
1341 |
Edmund of Langley (York), fourth heir to Edward III, is born |
1355 |
Phlippa of Ulster, daughter of Lionel of Antwerp, is born |
1359 |
John of Gaunt marries Blanche of Lancaster |
1364 |
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 |
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Henry Bolingbroke, son to John of Gaunt, and future Henry IV, is born |
1368 |
Lionel of Antwerp (Clarence), second heir to Edward III, dies |
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Phlippa of Ulster, daughter of Lionel of Antwerp, marries Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl of March |
1369 |
Blanche of Lancaster, wife to John of Gaunt, dies |
1371 |
Elizabeth Mortimer, daughter to Philippa of Ulster and Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl of March, is born |
1372 |
Edward of Angouleme, son to Edward Black Prince of Wales, dies |
1374 |
Roger Mortimer 4th Earl of March, son to Philippa of Ulster and Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl of March, is born |
1376 |
Edward Black Prince of Wales, heir to Edward III, dies |
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Edmund Mortimer, son to Philippa of Ulster and Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl of March, is born |
1377 |
Edward III dies |
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Richard II crowned King of England at age ten |
1379 |
Henry Hotspur Percy marries Elizabeth Mortimer, daughter of Philippa of Ulster and Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl of March |
1381 |
Edmund Mortimer 3rd Earl of March dies |
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 |
1388 |
Hotspur defeats the Scots and 2nd Earl of Douglas |
1389 |
John, son of Henry Bolingbroke, is born |
1394 |
Anne of Bohemia dies of plague without providing an heir for Richard II |
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Constance of Castille, John of Gaunt’s second wife, died |
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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 |
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) |
1400 |
EVENTS OF RICHARD THE SECOND END (Richard dies in captivity [February 14]) |
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Owen Glendower begins his rebellion against the English |
1402 |
Battle of Bryn Glas: Welsh leader Owen Glendower captures Edmund Mortimer (June) |
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Edmund Mortimer marries Catrin Glendower, daughter of Owen Glendower |
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Hotspur defeats the Scots and Mordake (the son of the regent of Scotland) (September) |
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EVENTS OF THE FIRST PART OF HENRY THE FOURTH BEGIN |
1403 |
Battle of Shrewsbury (July) |
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EVENTS OF THE FIRST PART OF HENRY THE FOURTH END |