The Norman duke of this name and number defeated Ethelred the Unready at the Cotentin Peninsula.
The Norman duke of this name and number defeated Ethelred the Unready at the Cotentin Peninsula. This English king fought with Parliament over Michael de la Pole's attempt to raise taxes. He sent Robert de Vere to Radcot Bridge for a losing battle against the Lords Appellant, who then formed the Merciless Parliament to oppose this man's ministers. This only son of Edward the Black Prince created the first poll tax, then had to go to Smithfield and meet Wat Tyler to put down the subsequent Peasants' Revolt. FTP, name this Plantagenet king of England, who was overthrown in 1399 by Henry IV.
The Norman duke of this name and number defeated Ethelred the Unready at the Cotentin Peninsula.
{Richard II}