Richard II believed that English kings were made by ... and a golden “coronation portrait” of the crowned king on his throne, ...

She was crowned two days later by Archbishop Courtenay ... The Latin inscription around the ledge of the tomb can be translated: Sage and elegant, lawfully Richard II, conquered by fate he lies here ...

When he acceded to the throne, his dukedom was united to the Crown, but even today the Lancastrian estates are separately administered for the monarch as duke of Lancaster. Richard came to the throne ...

There are tragic ironies right at the heart of the story of these two cousins. When Richard II was crowned king at the tender age of ten in Westminster Abbey, it was his cousin Henry who stood ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. We first see Jonathan Bailey’s magnetic Richard II picked out by a shaft of white light against a dark ...

Richard II and Henry IV were first cousins ... In medieval England, the source of the crown’s authority was clear: the king was appointed by God to rule the kingdom and its people. His right to rule ...

Richard II is as immortal as the king himself. Richard thinks he is a god. Crowned at nine-years-old and constantly observed by his court, Richard is on display for all to see as he fights for ...

The Hollow Crown is a stunning new series of filmed adaptations of four of Shakespeare’s best-loved history plays; Richard II, Henry IV parts I & 2 and Henry V on BBC Two this summer. The Hollow ...

His crown, an unembellished gold headband ... An earlier version of this article misidentified the costume designer for “Richard II.” It is Bob Crowley, not Eleanor Dolan.