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Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. The only child of Henry V , he succeeded to the English throne upon his father's death, at the age of nine months, and succeeded to the French throne on the death of his maternal ...
- 21 October 1422 – 19 October 1453
- Catherine of Valois
Mar 12, 2024 · Henry VI (born December 6, 1421, Windsor, Berkshire, England—died May 21/22, 1471, London) was the king of England from 1422 to 1461 and from 1470 to 1471. He was a pious and studious recluse whose incapacity for government was one of the causes of the Wars of the Roses.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 4, 2020 · Henry VI of England ruled as king from 1422 to 1461 CE and again from 1470 to 1471 CE. Succeeding his father Henry V of England (r. 1413-1422 CE), Henry VI was crowned the king of France in 1431 CE but he could not prevent a French revival led by Charles VII of France (r. 1422-1461 CE) and such figures as Joan of Arc (c. 1412-1431 CE).
- Mark Cartwright
At the beginning of Part 1, the idealized King Henry V has just died, and the subsequent action shows the death of the chivalric, civic, patriotic, and ethical virtues associated with him—often in the person of members of the older generation, such as Lord Talbot and the dead king’s brothers, who exemplify the virtues of that older world ...
Jun 28, 2017 · Born at Windsor Castle, Henry VI succeeded to the thrones of England and France before the age of one, when his father Henry V and his grandfather Charles VI of France died within months of one another. Henry was crowned King of England in 1429 and, in 1431, King of France.
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Jan 12, 2022 · Henry VI. Henry VI was the only child of the famous warrior-king, Henry V. His father’s military victories in France, and marriage to the French king’s daughter Catherine of Valois, made Henry the legal heir to the French throne as well as the English. He became king of England before his first birthday and, for a brief while, his French ...
Henry was just nine months old. He was also King of France from 1422 to 1453, his coronation delayed until he was old enough in 1431. Henry VI holds the distinction of having been King of England twice. However this is due to his failings as.