Henry VI King Of ENGLAND

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• Name: Henry Of Windsor

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He succeeded his father on 1 Sep 1422, and was crowned King of England on 6 Nov. 1429. He was deposed by Edward, Duke of York, on 4 Mar 1461, but was restored by Richard Neville 'the Kingmaker', Earl of Warwick, on 3 Oct 1470. He was again deposed by the Yorkist victory at Barnet on 14 Apr 1471.

Henry VI ascended the thrones of England and France in 1422. During his long reign, his mind failed him more than once and he had to submit the kingdom to the rule of a Protector, Richard, Duke of York. This led to civil war and his throne was taken away from him by the Protector's son, Edward IV, in 1461, given back briefly in 1470, and again taken away in 1471. Weeks later Henry was murdered in the Tower of London.

In 1422, Henry was kin of a French people who had lost faith in their leaders and themselves. Their pride was restored by Joan of arc, a young peasant girl from Domremy in eastern France. In 1429 Joan claimed to have had a vision from the Virgin Mary telling her to drive the English out of France, and she began a campaign that was to see the English expelled from all but Calais by 1453. In 1431 the English captured and burned Joan at the stake as a witch and heretic in Rouen.

The Wars of the Roses can be seen quite simply as the military expression of an on-going family quarrel between two branches of the royal house of Plantagenet, the houses of Lancaster and York. the wars broke out in 1455 as a result of Yorkist exasperation with the weak and inefficient government of Henry VI, and lasted, with lengthy intervals, for 30 years.

Gentle, kind and extremely generous, Henry was a simple man, incapable of deceit or craftiness. Throughout his life, Henry was deeply religious, a trait that manifested itself in his great enthusiasm for education and building.

Henry married Margaret Of ANJOU on 23 Apr 1445 in Titchfield, co. Hants. Margaret (daughter of King of Naples Rene I Of NAPLES and Isabella Of LORRAINE) was born on 23 Mar 1429; died on 25 Aug 1482 in Chatea de Dampierre. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edward Of ENGLAND was born on 13 Oct 1453; died on 04 May 1471 in Killed - Battle of Tewkesbury.

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He was created Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester on 15 Oct 1399, Duke of Aquitaine on 23 Oct 1399, and Duke of Lancaster on 10 Nov 1399. He succeeded his father on 21 Mar 1412/3, and was crowned King of England on 9 Apr 1413. by his French conquests leading to the Treaty of Troyes on 21 May 1420 he assumed the title of Heir and Regent of the realm of France. Henry V of England, King of England, died at Bois de Vincennes on 31 Aug 1422, and was buried at Westminster Abbey. His widow is said to have been married for the second time (though no evidence of the marriage has been discovered) to Owen Tudor (beheaded by the Yorkists after the Battle Mortimer's Crown at Hereford on 4 Feb 1461.)

The Lancastrian period was marked by almost continual warfare. Baronial revolt and war with Welsh patriots broke out in the first decade, and dynastic war during the last, with prolonged warfare in France occupying most of the intervening four decades, when King Henry V opened the final phase of the 100 Years' War. He recovered many English possessions, but they were all lost during the reign of his son, Henry VI. the loss of the French possessions, together with the weak government of Henry VI, led to the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses, a campaign led by the supporters of Richard, Duke of York and Protector of England, during the illness of his cousin, Henry VI, to place Richard on the throne instead of Henry.

Soon after succeeding his father, Henry V revived the 100 Years' War with France. In 1415, Henry defeated the French army at Agincourt, and by 1420 he had forced the French King, Charles VI, to accept him as heir. This pact was sealed by Henry's marriage to Charles's daughter, Catherine.

Henry married Catherine Of FRANCE on 02 Jun 1420 in Church of St. John, Troyes, Trinity Sunday. Catherine (daughter of Charles VI King Of FRANCE and Isabeau Of BAVARIA) was born on 27 Oct 1401; died on 3 Jan 1437. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Crowned: 24 Feb 1421
• Death: 03 Jan 1437