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Nov 2, 2019 · Wife of King Henry V and Owen Tudor, Catherine of Valois bore a future king of England before her tragic life was cut short in 1437. The French 18-year-old was married off to an Englishman nearly twice her age as part of a treaty between the two countries.
Catherine of Valois or Catherine of France (27 October 1401 – 3 January 1437) was Queen of England from 1420 until 1422. A daughter of King Charles VI of France, she married King Henry V of England [1] and was the mother of King Henry VI.
May 13, 2024 · Catherine of Valois, French princess, the wife of King Henry V of England, mother of King Henry VI, and grandmother of the first Tudor monarch of England, Henry VII. She was the daughter of King Charles VI of France and Isabella of Bavaria. Learn more about Catherine in this article.
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Recent research shows this to be a sword later than the time of Henry V, possibly from Henry VII's time. Catherine de Valois. Henry's widow Catherine de Valois (1401-1437) married Owen Tudor, a Welsh squire, and one of her three sons, Edmund, Earl of Richmond was the father of the future Henry VII. Her funeral took place on 10th February 1437.
Oct 11, 2019 · Probably not. The King is based off Shakespeare’s heavily fictionalized play Henry V, first performed in 1599. Catherine’s debut towards the end of Henry V is a scene of comic relief,...
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Jun 2, 2020 · Between 1422 and 1424, Catherine was seen at different public occasions holding baby King Henry in her arms or taking part in processions with the little monarch sitting on her lap.
Feb 19, 2024 · Catherine de Valois, wife of England’s famous warrior king Henry V, was laid to rest in the Lady Chapel of Westminster Abbey in 1437. However Catherine’s grandson Henry VII decided to rebuild the chapel – and then began her corpse’s strange and somewhat disturbing afterlife…
