The MYSTERIOUS Death Of King Richard II
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- One of the most important events in Medieval History in England was the Peasant's Revolt. It was a time in which the Peasants across the country rose up and decided to take a stand against the King's taxation policies, especially as the Black Death had also just hit. The King in question was King Richard II, and his confrontation of the angry mob was seen as a rather brave thing to do.
However Richard's reign is a rather disjointed one, and he wasn't the greatest King. He showed great favouritism towards certain advisors, and also caused a great degree of conflict within his own country. However what isn't as well known is the fact that the King was dethroned by Henry Bolingbroke, or Henry IV, and also the King was murdered in a rather savage way. A deal had been made between Henry and Richard, following Henry's invasion of England in which he then wanted to seize the crown. Richard's part of the deal was that he would hand over the Kingship to Henry, in return for being spared his life and to prevent his execution.
Henry IV initially agreed with this, and became King but after this the threat of revolt was very real. Henry realised that Richard was a danger to his reign, and he was mysteriously killed at Pontefract Castle. Many historians believe that he was starved to death, however the exact details of the King's death remain a mystery.
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I am the blood of King Richard the Second. Really enjoyed the video. Him marrying a six year old made me sick and I would NEVER take a knee to another man. God is the only one I'd get on my knee for and bow to. And, Richard broke one of my Dads rules that I learned at 5 or 6. NEVER mess with a man's wife, his money, his land or his family and you might just make it to an old age. Great video!
They didn’t live together or anything & had he lived & continued to rule, she’d not have joined him as his wife (lived with etc) until she was an adult. Also to make you more sick, they were wrong, he was 29 when he married her, not 19.
@@RedCyanPhotos well paedos run in the family
No your not and it was a political marriage not to be consummated until she was of age. He wasn't a pedo like your implying.
I enjoy this channel so much. British royal history fascinates me.
ikr it really is interesting
Me too,strange considering iam Irish.lol
Richard genuinely did care about Anne and he was devastated when she died of illness. Apparently, he was so grief-stricken, that he had Shene Manor - where he and Anne took residence - destroyed.
You have no idea how someone who lived 600 years ago genuinely felt. Your just assigning him these emotions cause that's what you want to believe.
Nicely done untoldpast. Very interesting would like to hear more about Richard 2nd
Thanks! Will make something about the Peasants' Revolt at some point!
You little devil
@@cnelson1614 I know 😁
Excellent reading. Shocking times then 😱
I love information and how it is told! Awesome video! Thanks J.R.!
Thank-,you for another great lesson.
No worries, thanks for your comment as always Elizabeth.
Richard was the last undisputed King of England. However, the Wars Of The Roses coincided more closely with the ending of The Hundred Years War, flooding England with ex-soldiers, and the mental disabilities of Henry VI. A fit Lancastrian monarch would have cemented royal authority. Also, a fit and miltarily vigorous Lancastrian king would have not allowed the rule of law to backslide, especially in the north, where, under Henry VI, Lancastrian lords and their thuggish retainer were the essence of misrule. Just like in a car accident or an assassination, many things have to go wrong for things to be tragic, however, a problem with a head of state is a major element.
I'm really liking your channel, and you have a surprising amount of content for the amount of subs you have. Good job!
Was there EVER a King Henry that WASN'T a bloodthirsty tyrant that made Ivan The Terrible look kind and just?
Henry I and III
Excellent video thanks 👍🏻👍🏻
I like the videos you made, it inspired me to make some videos about history as well, Im fascinated with England history especially the plantagenets and the tudors time
You haven't made any of those videos
Just subscribed to your channel recently and can't get enough!
Very interesting about king Richard II.
Very nice. Unbiased. Thank u!
Back then, the King spoke French, as did most Nobles, but the common folk spoke English. Apparently, when Richard addressed the angry crowd of rebels, he spoke to them in English, mostly to gain their trust.
Because they hadn't been taught French. The invader descendants didn't want the people knowing what they were talking about when they could be heard.
They certainly weren't altruistic and caring of the people who were conquered at a time our population had been greatly reduced by many of our men going with the Romans. Having been promised Roman citizenship in what they had wrongly assured would be a not very long military campaign.
The Videos are always so fascinating and informative to watch about the history events from all over the world 🌎
Richard II was 29 when he married 6 year old Isabella. Not 19.
Why?
Marriages were used to form alliances between countries,if the bride/groom was only a child it was sometimes done by proxy until they were of age.
@@cnote91 an extension of an ancient practice of hostages; if you give hostages, you're promising not to attack the other side (since they could just kill your son/daughter/sister etc). Marriage locked two houses together in an equal way, beginning with promissory only (when first engaged) then developing into one-sided hostage (eg if the daughter moved to the other court) onto two-sided benefit (because the couple would care for both their houses equally; the houses' futures were locked together).
It was basically irrelevant what the ages were because what mattered was the alliance and the promise not to fight each other. Marriage just provided a convenient method under a Christian framework.
Of course, was still a messed up practice. Gotta be glad we live in different times.
You have no idea what the modern queen of england does to children in secret
@@StrawHalo Oh 🐂💩 we have no idea what you do with children so you might want to check your smug ignorance ffs
Not my fav time but very well put together thank you
His story has always interested me but his loss of the Crown to his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, aka Henry IV is even more intriguing to me than his time on the throne. Not that his behavior wasn’t such that it definitely makes for quite the read.
Back then people DID NOT take any crap from their leaders...Back then they revolted.
Agree! Rebellions galore!
The Peasants revolted once and many hundreds, possibly thousands were murdered as a result. And Richard made their lives even harder than before.
It wasn't a revolt. It was a very peaceful protest. I commented on it in main comments a few minutes ago.
Their leader literally got assassinated right in front of them and than they just left lol... they take ALL the crap.
There is no mention of the sacking of the Tower of London during the Peasants Revolt, in which Henry Bolingbroke , his cousin, was left defenceless and only saved from murder by a sympathiser. Subsequently Henry Bolingbroke was left penniless by Richard . There was clearly a lot of “history” between them before Richard was deposed. I understand that when Henry accepted the crown, his acceptance speech was in English....a first. This set the path for his son Henry V, to make English the official language of State, replacing French.
Well done lads. My favourite period of English history
Richard II was brought down by his arrogance, but would have been dead long before that had he been a humbler man, considering how he handled the Peasants' Revolt.
The Plantagenets were famous for their fiery tempers and height
Maybe that is why Henry VIII was the way he was.
@@clareb8015 As my basketball coach used to say, "You can't teach height."
Henry VIII was NOT a Plantagenet; he is a Tudor, son of his dad.
@@TheCandiceWang He still had Plantagenet blood.
Henry VIII’s grandmother was Margaret Beaufort, a descendent of John of Gaunt, third son of the Plantagenet king Edward III. His mother, Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV, was a descendent of Edmund Langley, the fourth son of Edward III and also a descendent of Lionel, the Duke of Clarence, the second son of Edward III.
@@Sam-xs5he Elizabeth of York was Edward IV's daughter :)
Good video but I just want to point out that Valois is pronounced val' wä. 🥰
Richard II:
"I'm starving, let's go out for a bite."
Henry Bolingbroke:
"You stay here and I'll call in a pizza delivery for you. Should be here in 30 minutes or less."
Every place was closed it was called lock down
Richard II:
"THE FUCK'S ME PIZZA?!"
Great channel, you should do a video on the murder of Thomas Becket
Will be at some point! Thanks for your nice comment :)
Inspiration for Joffrey Baratheon.
More like Joffrey Lannister
Very well done, maybe you can answer a question i have asked umpteen times. There are six small arched windows on the top floor of the White Tower where the entrance is, two of these windows have been bricked up. Could you tell why they were bricked up, when and by whom? I have asked many historians but no one has given me an answer. I have even contacted those at the Tower via their website and still no answer or reply. Please can you find out for me.
Where are the relics they took from Richard II tomb now?
I like your videos can u do a video on the black death?
Will have a look at doing some at some point. Maybe post pandemic!
'Henry [Bolingbroke/IV] had a direct link to the throne through his grandmother, Philippa of Clarence.' Henry's grandmother is Philippa of Hainaut not of Clarence. Claims pass through the sovereign not the consort, too. Henry IV's claim to the throne comes through his father John of Gaunt who is the son of Edward III and the supposedly extinct line of Clarence.
However, the Clarence line becomes the Mortimer line when Philippa (daughter of Lionel, 1st Duke of Clarence) married Edmund Mortimer (3rd Earl of March).
Thx that's what I'd guessed. Wrong Philippa. She was mother to the blacke prince and to John of gaunt who were brothers.
Thankyou! I was like, "WHAT??" I'd have thought Henry IV's relationship/claim to the throne was pretty bloody basic- he's John of Gaunt's eldest son! And wtf does Clarence have to do with Henry IV? Philippa of Clarence is his cousin, not his grandmother!
@@beth7935 Henry IV's claim isn't without cause. He is a legitimate grandson of Edward III (legitimate son of a legitimate son - the eldest of all Gaunt's children). Edmund 4th Earl of March was named as Richard II's heir presumptive, but Mortimer dies in 1398 leaving the 5th Earl (a child in 1399) or 'someone else (the York claim can be said to be higher than the Lancastrian claim through the marriage of Anne Mortimer and Richard, Earl of Cambridge). This said, Henry (IV) Bolingbroke initiates the process of Richard II's deposition (the legality of the deposition, like the execution of Charles I and reign of Charles II, are still matters of dispute between historians of the time and legal scholars) due to Richard's policy on the duchy of Lancaster.
There is contention of what male primogeniture means in for the English crown from the death of Henry I to the accession of Henry VII (as well as the application of primogeniture and Salic law, in France, from Edward III to Henry V and informally to the Act of Union 1800). The problem was that 'the rule' was never written down and there were legitimate questions about female monarchy (the issues of marriage and childbirth rather than about the moral dignity of men and women).
Anyway, John of Gaunt is an interesting figure in the history of European monarchy. I don't know much about the Gaunt-Constance of Castile line, but this does lead us to Catherine of Aragon. Henry VIII is a descendent of the Gaunt-Swynford line.
@@jonathandnicholson Oh yeah, I don't think Henry IV's claim was "without cause"- I know he was John of Gaunt's eldest son; I just couldn't believe the vid made such a weirdly wrong statement! But as you said, the rules of succession were never written down, & I'm not sure it was ever as simple as "this person is the RIGHTFUL monarch." If it was, no-one would argue about it. Pragmatism comes into it when people have serious issues with the current monarch- a potential claimant has to have SOME royal ancestry, but arguments over the technicalities of their claim are secondary to how good they are as a leader, & how popular they are, especially with the nobility.
Yes, Catherine of Aragon was also descended from the Gaunt-Lancaster line, ofc- it's funny how closely related Henry VIII was to all his wives! It's the same for other European royals, but Henry's just a good example numbers-wise. And the Gaunt-Swynford line went somewhere nobody expected! :D Including John of Gaunt's granddaughter Joan Beaufort becoming Queen of Scotland, which I've always found interesting.
That confused me too
He had a 6 yr old wife when he was 19 ?? Things really was messed up in those days
29
He was 29, they got this wrong saying he was 19!
@@RedCyanPhotos I just looked it up away from the Utube post and according to what I read he was born in 1367, when he faced the revolt he was 14, when he married his second wife he was 19, she was only 6, None of us was about at the time so we can only go by the facts we are given.
I found it helpful to listen to The Lost Tapes of History podcast - ep 12 is Richard II and the Tarot Reader!
What mysterious death? He was starved to death in the dungeons of Pontifract castle by Henry IV who deposed him for being a monstrous tyrant and seizing his lands out of spite. Richard was a malignant narcissist and all of his nobles deserted him rallying to Henry's banner. Richard got what he had coming to him.
Not before time, either.
I love the history of England. Your kings and queens.
So many richards and henrys........
Quite a few Edwards too!😊
Minnie website video How to read History Plays mentions comparison between French Revolution /Wars of Roses only in passing but without further comment so are Richard II/Louis XVI comparable?
Henry was 29 when he married for the 2nd time, not 19.
I've never heard or seen of any history of the founding & construction of The Tower of London. If so, anyone know where...i guess I can start with Google but it would be nice here on YT.
Why does the sound go quite every 10 seconds
I think it's just cause he emphasizes the final word of each sentence lol. It might be to hide edits cause he has trouble reading the script in one go though.
"A usurper" just an ironic term for "We don't like this version of events so we'll insult the person that did it", William the conqueror could probably be called a Usurper since really his claim was based on "I have won battle, therefore me king....even if 90% of the people don't want me king and I have to spend reign putting down rebellions"
Interesting fact : whilst Henry V was held by Richard ii and went too Ireland Richard treated him v well and young Henry liked Richard that’s why when he became king he moved his body too Westminster
With the technology we have now, a full body scan, we could find out for real.
"Henry IV had a claim to the throne through his grandmother, Philippa of Clarence"- how did you even...?? Henry IV was, as you say elsewhere, the son of John of Gaunt, 3rd son of Edward III. That was his claim- very straightforward; grandson of the previous king. His grandmother was Philippa of Hainult, & she had nothing to do with it. Philippa of Clarence was his cousin, the daughter of Lionel of Antwerp, 2nd son of Edward III... Mention of the horrific reprisals after the Peasants' Revolt would've been good too.
Search "description of Philippa of Hanault", the same Philippa.
It all sounds too familiar. Better conditions, more money, and freedom of movement. Nothing new under the sun!
King Richard 2nd was imprisoned in Pontefract Castle. History said that he was homosexual and he was starved to death in the dungeons at Pontefract
He wasn't homosexual. .
I agree with you. I only said that it was said that he was homosexual. I suppose that it was an accuse him to conjour up a reason to starve him to death in the castle dungeons Pontefract Castle
@@deborahwhitney9427. See my reply above. I had forgotten to address it to you.
Can you imagine if everyone back then had AR-15’s instead of swords?? Lol
We just might have real Star Wars by now.
Could you imagine if everyone back then had ray guns instead of AR-15s?? Lol
Poker time at Pontefract Castle. Owch.
Well they say that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
I thought that was Edward II
It's never been made clear the fate of Richard 2nd but it was typical of grisly history books at school. Eurgh.
@@hashtag415
Yes, at Berkeley castle.
Wrong king
1381-2021?
He went to ireland to carry out the conquest of ireland and came back to his own country to be starved to death 🤣🤣🤣
He has some weird eyes in his portrait, puffy and slant.
Is this narrator the bedtime stories chap?
💯🥰😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😜
No
Isnt being killed or murdered the same thing.
Not really. A person can be killed by accident, or in combat and that is not legally murder - most of the time.
@@taun856 so you still dont know then.
Make sure you cover yourself.
@@-CLUMSYDIYer- being killed by a bus car lightning strike 💣 bombs or a penny being dropped from bird 🐦 flying over by.....murder is when one human being somehow partakes in the death of another deliberately
@@danchinoloves7804 yes but they both end in death.
@@-CLUMSYDIYer- All life ends in death! There are just different ways of defining the event.
The start of the end of the Plantagenet's
Henry the eighth you blodthirsty tyrant! Sorry that's the usual comment for most videos,different era this.
he said Richard was LBGTQ
What. They wouldn't even know what that was then.
Hell, even one year as king is enough for most men, sad thing is death is only end....
He didn't die soon enough, he was a brutal, greedy nasty tyrant, as were most of the Plantagenets.
Game of Thrones has taught me being nice gets you nowhere
Tyrannical
Why no mention of the poker? It's possibly not true, but it is still part of our history? Was Richard II homosexual?
Wrong King, that was Edward II
….for the poker I mean. It’s believed Richard II wasn’t homosexual, just had a very close male friend, he was accused by someone who hated him, as back then of course, it was deemed wrong, illegal & an insult to be labeled homosexual (especially more so if you weren’t!)
You obviously don't know anything about Richard 2. He married Issabella when he was 29yrs old, but she lived with the women of his court not with him and it was a political marriage to make peace with the French. Don't post stuff you know absolutely nothing about.
The War of the Roses, that's the one they fought in Pasadena?
Started off just like the insurrection in DC the other day.
Lol
Looks like Chinese 😁