He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and was overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period. Gillespie (1997) Crown and Nobility, England: 1272 - 1461 by A. Tuck, 2nd Edition (Blackwell 1999) Richard II and the English Nobility by A. Tuck (1973) Richard Tennant, II was born near Glasgow, Scotland in 1744. The Age of Richard II ed. Richard II, the only king of England to visit Ireland between 1210 and 1689, did so in order to retain his lordship there in the face of two threats: a mounting Gaelic recovery, particularly in Leinster under Art MacMur-rough, and a dangerous depopulation of the English colony, caused partly by plague and by the flight of colonists before the Irish advance. On this page Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death. His estate settlement was Jan.26, 1829. Name: King Robert II of Scotland Father: Walter Stewart Mother: Marjorie daughter of Robert Bruce Relation to Elizabeth II: 17th great-grandfather House of: Stewart Born: March 2, 1316 at Paisley Ascended to the throne: February 22, 1371 aged 54 years Crowned: March 26, 1371 at Scone Abbey, Perthshire Married:(1) Elizabeth Mure, 1336 Married:(2) Euphemia of Moray, 1355 Richard was killed in the battle of Quebec, Canada on September 13 1759 on the Plains of Abraham. He possessed considerable political and military ability. Often believed to have been the favorite son of his mother, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard had three older siblings, William (who died in infancy), Henry, and Matilda, as well as … 131 Curtis, Richard II in Ireland, 90–93, 113–14. Richard Tennant was born in 1712 in Glasgow Scotland. An ambitious ruler with a lofty conception of the royal office, he was deposed by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke ( Henry IV ) because of his arbitrary and factional rule.
Richard II, written around 1595, is the first play in Shakespeare's second "history tetralogy," a series of four plays that chronicles the rise of the house of Lancaster to the British throne. He was a subject of the then king, George III and served in the British Army under General Wolfe. 1314 Robert Bruce defeats the English in Battle of Bannockburn, maintaining Scottish independence. Richard II, written around 1595, is the first play in Shakespeare's second "history tetralogy," a series of four plays that chronicles the rise of the house of Lancaster to the British throne. 1174 William the Lion surrenders the independence of Scotland to Henry II in the Treaty of Falaise. CCR, Richard II, 5:311, 225; Foedera, 7:751. RICHARD TENNANT (1744-1822) Monongalia Co. Estate Inventory and Wills, Vol. ], page 392 shows his will written Dec.18, 1822 and probated Jan.31, 1823. 1306 Robert Bruce assumes leadership of a rebellion against English rule. Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 until his death. De Capanago had been appointed by Boniface IX in 1393 and was granted a license by Richard II to execute the office of papal collector there. These events may have led to the creation of records, such as poor law records or military records, that mention your family.
In 1403 the Percys - in effective alliance with the Scots - rose in rebellion against King Henry and promised the men of Cheshire that Richard would appear at their rendezvous at Sandiway, Cheshire. Richard III was defeated in battle by Henry Tudor, marking the end of the Plantagenet dynasty and the beginning of Tudor rule, which lasted until Queen Elizabeth I died childless in 1603.