Catherine of Valois (27 October 1401 – 3 January 1437) was the queen consort of England from 1420 until 1422. A daughter of Charles VI of France, she married Henry V of England, and gave birth to his heir Henry VI of England.
- 27 October 1401, Paris, France
- 3 January 1437 (aged 35), London, England
- 23 February 1421
- 2 June 1420 – 31 August 1422
Catherine was born in Florence to Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, and Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne. In 1533 at the age of fourteen, Catherine married Henry, second son of King Francis I and Queen Claude of France. Catherine's marriage was arranged by her uncle Pope Clement VII.
- 10 June 1549
- 13 April 1519, Florence, Republic of Florence
- 31 March 1547 – 10 July 1559
- 5 January 1589 (aged 69), Château de Blois, Kingdom of France
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The House of Valois (UK: / ˈ v æ l w ɑː / VAL-wah, also US: / v æ l ˈ w ɑː, v ɑː l ˈ w ɑː / va(h)l-WAH, French: ) was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty.They succeeded the House of Capet (or "Direct Capetians") to the French throne, and were the royal house of France from 1328 to 1589.
- 1284
- Henry III of France
- Valois-Orléans, Valois-Angoulême, Valois-Anjou, Valois-Burgundy, Valois-Alençon
- Charles, Count of Valois
In 1420 Henry V married Catherine of Valois, daughter of Charles VI of France and younger sister of the widow of Richard II, Isabella of Valois (who died several years after her husband). Her dowry, upon the agreement between the two kingdoms, was 600,000 crowns. Together the couple had one child, Henry.
Catherine of Valois, daughter of King Charles VI of France and�Isabelle of Bavaria was born into royalty at the royal palace of the H�tel Saint-Pol in Paris on 27 October 1401.
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The Treaty of Troyes, signed by Charles VI on 21 May 1420, mandated that the throne pass to the infant King Henry VI of England, the son of the recently deceased Henry V and Catherine of Valois, daughter of Charles VI; however, Frenchmen loyal to the king of France regarded the treaty as invalid on grounds of coercion and Charles VI's ...
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Children of Charles VII, Roi de France and Maria d'Anjou 1.Louis XI, Roi de France+3 b. 3 Jul 1423, d. 30 Aug 1483 2.Jean de France2 b. 1424, d. 1425 3.Catherine de Valois1 b. 1428, d. 1446 4.Radegonde de France2 b. 1428, d. 1444 5.Jacques de France2 b. 1432, d. 1437 6.Yolande de Valois b. 1434, d. 1478 7.Jeanne de Valois b. 1435, d. 1482 8 ...