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Richard IIWilliam ShakespeareWars of the Roses (William Shakespeare), book 1

Characters in Richard II

37 characters, main characters first.

Supporting characters

  • Henry Percy "Hotspur"

  • Henry V of England

  • John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster

  • Richard II of England

  • Henry IV of England

  • Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk

  • Edward of Langley, 2nd Duke of York

  • Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey

  • Sir Henry Greene

  • Sir Edward Bagot

  • Sir William Bushy

  • William le Scrope, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, King of Mann

  • Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester

  • Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland

  • Edward, 2nd Duke of York, Duke of Aumerle

  • Isabella of Valois

  • Joan Holland

  • John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury

  • Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley

  • Sir Stephen Scroop

  • Thomas Merke, Bishop of Carlisle

  • William de Colchester, Abbott of Westminster

  • William de Ros, 6th Baron Ros

  • William Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby de Eresby

  • Walter FitzWalter, 4th (or 5th) Baron FitzWalter

  • Sir Piers Exton

  • Lord Marshal

  • Welsh Captain

  • 1st Herald

  • 2nd Herald

  • Gardener

  • 1st Gardener's Man

  • 2nd Gardener's Man

  • 1st Lady

  • 2nd Lady

  • Keeper of Pomfret Prison

  • Groom