Richard II
Nigel Saul
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John I of Portugal
Portugal
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Murad I
Ottoman Empire
1377–1389
Bayezid I
Ottoman Empire
1389–1399
Hongwu Emperor
China
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Charles VI of France
France
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Ferdinand I of Portugal
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Ashikaga Yoshimochi
Japan (Shogunate)
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Robert II of Scotland
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Rome
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Peter IV of Aragon
Spain
1377–1387
John I of Aragon
Spain
1387–1396
Pope Urban VI
Papacy
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Manuel II Palaiologos
Rome
1391–1399
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Japan
1383–1392
Albert, King of Sweden
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Robert III of Scotland
Scotland
1390–1399
Pope Boniface IX
Papacy
1389–1399
Margaret I of Denmark
Sweden
1389–1399
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Japan
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Charles V of France
France
1377–1380
Emperor Chōkei
Japan
1377–1383
Martin of Aragon
Spain
1396–1399
Emperor Go-En'yū
Japan
1377–1382
Andronikos IV Palaiologos
Rome
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Jianwen Emperor
China
1398–1399
Charles IV
Holy Roman Empire
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Erik of Pomerania
Sweden
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Further Reading
Well-regarded biographies and histories to go deeper on Richard II of England's life and times.
A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses
Desmond Seward
Places Richard's deposition in the factional politics that ended the Plantagenet dynasty.
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