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: taken from the Gruthuse manuscript of Froissart 's ''Chroniques'' (''circa ''1475).]] De Vere was married to Philippa de Coucy the King’s cousin and also had an affair with Agnes de Launcekrona, a Czech lady-in-waiting of the Queen, Anne of Bohemia. There were also rumours of a homosexual relationship between de Vere and the King. De Vere was hugely unpopular with the nobles and magnates and Richard’s close relationship with him was one of the catalysts for the emergence of an organised opposition to his rule in the form of the Lords Appellant . In 1387 , de Vere led Richard’s forces to defeat at Radcot Bridge outside Oxford, against the forces of the Lords Appellant. He was forced into exile by parliament in 1388 , and his lands were confiscated. He was killed by a boar he was hunting in France in 1392, and in 1395 King Richard had his embalmed body brought back to England for burial. Many of the lords refused to attend the funeral, during which Richard had the coffin opened to kiss his lost friend's hand. After his death his uncle Aubrey was restored to the family titles and estates, becoming 10th earl of Oxford. |