Richard II of England
Richard II was the son of Edward the Black Prince, Prince of Wales, and Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent". He was born in 1367 at Bordeaux and became his father's heir when his elder brother died in infancy. He became heir to the throne of England, and was created Prince of Wales, when the Black Prince died suddenly in 1376. The following year his grandfather King Edward III of England also died, leaving Richard as king at the age of ten.
It was the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 that brought Richard into the limelight. His successful negotiations with the leaders of the rebellion brought the violence to an end, and he showed great promise. However, on reaching adulthood, he proved a weak, vacillating, and at the same time rather tyrannical king.
In 1382 he married Anne of Bohemia, daughter of Emperor Charles IV of Bohemia, but they had no children, and she died in 1366. In 1396 he married Isabella of Valois, and they had no children, either.
He was eventually deposed by his cousin, Henry Bolingbroke (later Henry IV), placed in prison, and later murdered in 1400.
See also the Shakespeare play, Richard II.