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- In 1445 - partially in the hope of achieving peace - Henry married Charles VII's niece, the ambitious and strong-willed Margaret of Anjou.
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Queen Margaret of Anjou, wife of Henry VI, as depicted in the Talbot Shrewsbury Book, 1444–45 Cardinal Beaufort and the Earl of Suffolk persuaded Henry that the best way to pursue peace with France was through a marriage with Margaret of Anjou , the niece of King Charles VII.
- 21 October 1422 – 19 October 1453
- Catherine of Valois
- When Henry’s wife, Margaret of Anjou, visited the king’s bedroom, they were sometimes joined by “trusted attendants” Pious, simple and puritan. This is how Henry VI is often described by historians and scholars.
- He experienced a mysterious illness that lasted 18 months. In August 1453, Henry VI fell into an inertia that lasted 18 months. Some historians believe he was suffering from catatonic schizophrenia, a condition characterised by symptoms including stupor, catalepsy (loss of consciousness) and mutism.
- He was the youngest person to become king of England – and the first (and only) English monarch to be crowned king of France. Henry became king of England on 1 September 1422, at nine months of age, following the death of his father, Henry V. A regency council governed the country until 1437, when Henry was considered old enough to rule.
- He tried to stop the Wars of the Roses by implementing a ‘Love Day’ So devoted was Henry to the idea of peace, he once attempted to instigate a ‘Love Day’ to help reconcile the warring factions of the Wars of the Roses.
Mar 22, 2022 · 1430 – 1482. Edward. of Westminster. 1453 – 1471. Short Biography. Early Years. King Henry VI was born on 6th December 1421 to King Henry V and Catherine of Valois at Windsor Castle. Before he was a year old, on 1st September 1422, Henry’s father died and he became King of England.
Mar 12, 2024 · spouse Margaret of Anjou. father Henry V. mother Catherine of Valois. 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.
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Margaret of Anjou (French: Marguerite; 23 March 1430 – 25 August 1482) was Queen of England by marriage to King Henry VI from 1445 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471. Through marriage, she was also nominally Queen of France from 1445 to 1453.
Aug 18, 2022 · Henry married his first wife, the daughter of Spanish King Ferdinand II and the widow of Henry’s older brother, in 1509. She gave birth to the future Queen Mary I in 1516 but failed to...
Mar 3, 2019 · In the summer of 1453 the 31-year-old king of England, Henry VI, bade farewell to his pregnant wife Margaret of Anjou and set out on a judicial tour of the West Country. Pausing at Clarendon hunting lodge in Wiltshire, the king ‘suddenly was taken and smitten with a frenzy and his wit and reason withdrawn’.
