Richard was born at Conisborough Castle in Yorkshire, and inherited the earldom of Cambridge (formerly his father's) in 1414. In 1406, Richard married Anne Mortimer, also a descendant of Edward III, through his son Lionel of Antwerp. It was through her that the Yorkist faction in the Wars of the Roses claimed the throne. Their marriage produced a daughter, Isabella, and a son, Richard, Duke of York.
Following Anne's death, the Earl of Cambridge married Matilda Clifford, but they were probably married a very short time before he was discovered plotting treasonously against King Henry V of England immediately prior to departure on the French campaign. (His elder brother, Edward, Duke of York, would die at the Battle of Agincourt, less than three months later.) Richard was stripped of all his titles and estates and was executed at Southampton before the fleet set sail.
Richard II (January 6, 1367 – February 14, 1400) was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent".
Richard had the Earl of Arundel, leader of the Lords Appellant, arrested; but Richard's small army led by de Vere was overpowered by the forces of the Lords Appellant outside Oxford, and Richard was imprisoned in the Tower of London.
Richard also lacked the thirst for battle of his grandfather: his Scottish campaign in 1385 was not decisive, and he signed a 28-year truce with France in 1396 which was hugely unpopular at home in spite of the dividends that peace brought to the kingdom.
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