Henry Bolingbroke deposes Richard II
September 1399
Returning from exile to claim his ducal inheritance, Henry of Lancaster found the kingdom slipping from Richard II's grip. Within two months Richard had surrendered, abdicated in the Tower, and watched parliament confirm Henry as king. The Lancastrian usurpation set the stage for a century of dynastic war that would culminate in the Wars of the Roses.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.