Lords Appellant crisis

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The Lords Appellant crisis was a late 14th-century political confrontation in England in which a group of powerful nobles sought to curb King Richard II’s authority and remove his unpopular favorites from power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional conflict ⓘ
late medieval English political event ⓘ
political crisis ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Appellants’ revolt ⓘ
crisis of the Lords Appellant ⓘ
conflictWith royal prerogative of Richard II ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
describedAs attempt by magnates to curb royal favourites and control policy ⓘ
endTime 1389 ⓘ
followedBy period of personal rule of Richard II in the 1390s ⓘ
hasCause concern over misgovernment and royal extravagance ⓘ
noble resistance to royal authority ⓘ
opposition to Richard II’s royal favourites ⓘ
tensions between crown and magnates ⓘ
hasEffect execution of several royal favourites ⓘ
limitation of Richard II’s personal authority ⓘ
political humiliation of Richard II ⓘ
strengthening of baronial control of the crown ⓘ
temporary dominance of noble council over royal government ⓘ
hasLegalAspect use of parliamentary appeal of treason ⓘ
hasMainSubject Lords Appellant ⓘ
Richard II of England ⓘ
hasOutcome deepened mistrust between Richard II and leading nobles ⓘ
temporary restoration of baronial council government ⓘ
hasParticipant Alexander Neville, Archbishop of York ⓘ
Henry Bolingbroke, Earl of Derby ⓘ
King Richard II of England ⓘ
Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk ⓘ
linked to: Michael de la Pole

Nicholas Brembre ⓘ
Parliament of England ⓘ
Richard FitzAlan, 11th Earl of Arundel ⓘ
Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Robert de Vere

Sir Robert Tresilian ⓘ
linked to: Robert Tresilian

Thomas Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick ⓘ
Thomas Mowbray, Earl of Nottingham ⓘ
linked to: Thomas Mowbray

Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester ⓘ
location England ⓘ
partOf reign of Richard II of England ⓘ
politicalAlignment baronial opposition to the king’s inner circle ⓘ
precededBy Wonderful Parliament of 1386 ⓘ
relatedTo development of English constitutional monarchy ⓘ
later deposition of Richard II ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Radcot Bridge ⓘ
Merciless Parliament ⓘ
Wonderful Parliament ⓘ
appeal of treason against royal favourites ⓘ
startTime 1386 ⓘ
timePeriod late 14th century ⓘ

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Richard II of England → associatedWithEvent → Lords Appellant crisis ⓘ
subject linked to: King Richard II of England
Despenser War → alsoKnownAs → Despenser Rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Lords Appellant crisis
John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter → participatedIn → Lords Appellant conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Lords Appellant crisis