Richard II banishes Henry Bolingbroke
1398 · Event
Halting a trial by combat at Coventry, Richard exiles both Bolingbroke and the Duke of Norfolk; when John of Gaunt dies months later the king seizes the Lancaster inheritance — and Bolingbroke comes home to take the crown.
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