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How did Richard II treat the young Henry V during Henry IV’s exile?
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English king Henry V, painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
When Henry Bolingbroke (the future King Henry IV) was sent into exile by King Richard II in 1398, Richard took the young Henry (the future King Henry V) into his own charge. During this period, Richard treated the boy kindly and eventually knighted him in 1399.1