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Name: King Henry VI Father: Henry V Mother: Catherine of Valois Born: December 6, 1421 at Windsor Castle Ascended to the throne: September 1, 1422 Crowned: November 6, 1429 at Westminster Abbey, aged 7. St Pauls Cathedral, aged 48. Also crowned Henri II of France, December 1431, Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris, aged 10.
King of England 1413–22, son of Henry IV. Invading Normandy in 1415 (during the Hundred Years' War), he captured Harfleur and defeated the French at Agincourt. He invaded again in 1417–19, capturing Rouen. His military victory forced the French into the Treaty of Troyes in 1420, which gave Henry ...
The term Angevin Empire (/ ˈ æ n dʒ ɪ v ɪ n /; French: Empire Plantagenêt) describes the possessions held by the House of Plantagenet during the 12th and 13th centuries, when they ruled over an area covering roughly all of present-day England, half of France, and parts of Ireland and Wales, and had further influence over much of the remaining British Isles.
1154 - 1216 The Angevins (The first Plantagenet kings) 1216 - 1399 Plantagenets. 1399 - 1461 The House of Lancaster. 1461 - 1485 The House of York. 1485 -1603 The Tudors. 1603 - 1649 and 1660 - 1714 The Stuarts. 1714 -1901 The House of Hanoverians. 1901 -1910 and 1910 - Today Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and The Windsors.
House of Plantagenet - King Henry III. King of England from 1216, when he succeeded John, but the royal powers were exercised by a regency until 1232, and by two French nobles, Peter des Roches and Peter des Rivaux, until the barons forced their expulsion in 1234, marking the start of Henry's personal rule.
Feb 29, 2024 · house of Plantagenet. Edward III (born November 13, 1312, Windsor, Berkshire, England—died June 21, 1377, Sheen, Surrey) was the king of England from 1327 to 1377, who led England into the Hundred Years’ War with France. The descendants of his seven sons and five daughters contested the throne for generations, climaxing in the Wars of the ...
The House of Lancaster was a cadet branch of the royal House of Plantagenet. The first house was created when King Henry III of England created the Earldom of Lancaster —from which the house was named—for his second son Edmund Crouchback in 1267. Edmund had already been created Earl of Leicester in 1265 and was granted the lands and ...
