Henry Bolingbroke

He ruled for more than 20 years, but was eventually deposed by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke.

Great dynasties of the world: The Plantagenets 2011

All the main characters are historical figures, including Richard II, his beloved queen Anne of Bohemia, his mother Joan “the Fair Maid of Kent”, his uncles, advisors and counsellors, his cousin Henry Bolingbroke later Henry IV, his favourite Robert de Vere and the writer Geoffrey Chaucer.

Archive 2010-04-01 Carla 2010

All the main characters are historical figures, including Richard II, his beloved queen Anne of Bohemia, his mother Joan “the Fair Maid of Kent”, his uncles, advisors and counsellors, his cousin Henry Bolingbroke later Henry IV, his favourite Robert de Vere and the writer Geoffrey Chaucer.

Within the Hollow Crown, by Margaret Campbell Barnes. Book review Carla 2010

When Hal (a wonderful Matthew Macfadyen) throws down his glove to challenge his rival Hotspur to a duel, only to have his father, Henry Bolingbroke, kick it coldly aside, it feels more like a slap than a paternal impulse.

ALL THE WAR'S A STAGE 2007

A gaunt Henry Bolingbroke presides over a joyless court; you can't help hoping Falstaff gets onstage fast.

ALL THE WAR'S A STAGE 2007

The first scene in Shakespeare's Richard II involves accusations by Henry Bolingbroke of the misappropriation of state funds by Thomas Mowbray, during the War in France:

A Big Stick and a Small Carrot Garry 2007

When Hal (a wonderful Matthew Macfadyen) throws down his glove to challenge his rival Hotspur to a duel, only to have his father, Henry Bolingbroke, kick it coldly aside, it feels more like a slap than a paternal impulse.

All the War's A Stage 2007

A gaunt Henry Bolingbroke presides over a joyless court; you can't help hoping Falstaff gets onstage fast.

All the War's A Stage 2007

In the course of their quarrels, the gentry and the nobility put aside old codes of civility, and that development, together with certain very striking national events—notably the ouster and probable murder of Richard II by Henry Bolingbroke, at the end of the century—created what Cantor calls a “new dark age of bad behavior.”

What's interesting about the plague. Ann Althouse 2005

In the play of Richard II, with which Shakespeare began what was to become a four-play sequence, Henry Bolingbroke, son of the Duke of Lancaster, takes the throne away from his royal first cousin, Richard, and is crowned as Henry IV.

Shakespeare Bevington, David 2002