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STUDY GUIDE for SHAKESPEARE’S RICHARD II

STUDY GUIDE for SHAKESPEARE’S RICHARD II. PART THE FIRST. EDWARD III. EDWARD III was KING of ENGLAND from 1327 to 1377. HE HAD SEVEN SONS . THE “SEVEN SONS” ARE REFERRED TO THROUGHOUT THE PLAY. . . . . . YET ONLY FOUR ARE MENTIONED BY NAME. . . . . . . AND ONLY TWO APPEAR

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STUDY GUIDE for SHAKESPEARE’S RICHARD II

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  1. STUDY GUIDEfor SHAKESPEARE’S RICHARD II

  2. PART THE FIRST EDWARD III

  3. EDWARD III was KING of ENGLAND from 1327 to 1377 HE HAD SEVEN SONS

  4. THE “SEVEN SONS” ARE REFERRED TO THROUGHOUT THE PLAY. . .

  5. . . . YET ONLY FOUR ARE MENTIONED BY NAME. . . . . . AND ONLY TWO APPEAR IN THE PLAY.

  6. THE FOUR SONS OF EDWARD III MENTIONED IN THE PLAY ARE:

  7. 1. EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES • “THE BLACK PRINCE” • THE FATHER OF RICHARD II • 2. JOHN OF GAUNT • THE DUKE OF LANCASTER • THE FATHER OF HENRY BOLINGBROKE • 3. THOMAS • DUKE OF GLOUCESTER • MURDERED BY MOWBRAY FOR RICHARD II • 4. EDMUND • DUKE OF YORK • THE FATHER OF AUMERLE

  8. PART THE SECOND NAMES & TITLES

  9. MANY OF SHAKESPEARE’S CHARACTERS HAVE MORE THAN ONE NAME. THIS IS TRUE OF EDWARD III’s SONS

  10. FIRST, THEY ARE KNOWN BY THEIR BIRTHPLACE . . .

  11. HENCE, GHENT IS THE BIRTHPLACE OF JOHN OF GAUNT. . . . . . AND HIS SON HENRY WAS BORN AT CASTLE BOLINGBROKE.

  12. SECONDLY, SHAKESPEARE’S CHARACTERS ARE KNOWN BY THEIR TITLES & LANDHOLDINGS

  13. . . . SO JOHN OF GAUNT, THE DUKE OF LANCASTER, IS CALLED “LORD LANCASTER” OR SIMPLY “LANCASTER”

  14. . . AND HENRY BOLINGBROKE, THE EARL OF DERBY, THE DUKE OF HEREFORD & HEIR TO THE DUKE OF LANCASTER IS KNOWN AS “DERBY,” “HEREFORD” OR “LANCASTER.”

  15. PART THE THIRD GENEALOGY

  16. THE FOLLOWING GENEALOGY INCLUDES ONLY THOSE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY WHO ARE MENTIONED OR APPEAR IN SHAKESPEARE’S RICHARD II

  17. EDWARD III KING of ENGLAND 1327 - 1377 EDWARD “THE BLACK PRINCE Died 1376 (1st Son) DUCHESS of GLOUCESTER THOMAS DUKE OF GLOUCESTER Died 1397 (7th Son) JOHN of GAUNT DUKE of LANCASTER Died 1399 (4th Son) EDMUND DUKE of YORK Died 1402 (5th Son) ISABEL DUCHESS of YORK RICHARD II KING of ENGLAND 1377 - 1399 HENRY BOLINGBROKE EARL of DERBY DUKE of HEREFORD DUKE of LANCASTER & KING of ENGLAND 1399 - 1413 EDWARD EARL of RUTLAND DUKE of AUMERLE ISABELLE QUEEN of ENGLAND NO CHILDREN NO CHILDREN

  18. FINIS

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