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  Henry VI, king of England. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
The only son of Henry V and Catherine of Valois, he became king of England when he was not yet nine months old.
When his grandfather, Charles VI of France, died, Henry was proclaimed king of France by the English, in accordance with the terms of the Treaty of Troyes (1420).
During Henry’s early years, England was under the protectorate of his uncles, John of Lancaster, duke of Bedford, who was regent in France, and Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.
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 Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
Henry VI Henry VI was the only child of Henry V and Catherine of Valois, born on December 6, 1421.
Henry came to the throne as an infant after the early death of his father; in name, he was king of both England and France, but a protector ruled each realm.
In 1453, Henry had an attack of the hereditary mental illness that plagued the French house of Valois; Richard, Duke of York, was made protector of the realm during the illness.
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Henry V (King of England) was born on 9 August 1387 in Monmouth.
Henry VI (King of England) was born on 6 December 1421 in Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England.
Edward III (King of England) and Philippa of Hainault.
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 History of the Monarchy > The Lancastrians > Henry VI
Henry was crowned King of England in 1429 and, in 1431, King of France.
For the rest of his reign, Henry's queen, Margaret of Anjou, was determined to fight, rather than negotiate a compromise, for the Lancastrian cause of her husband and son.
Pitted against Henry was the Duke of York, asserting his legitimate claim to the throne descended as he was, through his mother, from Edward III's second surviving son (Henry VI was descended from Edward's third surviving son).
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 Henry VI --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
king of England from 1422 to 1461 and from 1470 to 1471, a pious and studious recluse whose incapacity for government was one of the causes of the Wars of the Roses.
Henry succeeded his father, Henry V, on Sept. 1, 1422, and on the death (Oct. 21, 1422) of his maternal grandfather, the French king Charles VI, Henry was proclaimed king of France in accordance with the terms of a treaty made after Henry V's French victories.
Although York was killed at Wakefield (Dec. 30, 1460), and Henry was recaptured by the Lancastrians at the second Battle of St. Albans (Feb. 17, 1461), York's heir was proclaimed king as Edward IV in London on March 4.
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 Henry V, king of England. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
1387–1422, king of England (1413–22), son and successor of Henry IV.
Henry was probably brought up under the care of his uncle, Henry Beaufort.
In 1420, Henry concluded the Treaty of Troyes, by which he agreed to marry Catherine of Valois and to rule France in the name of her father, Charles VI, who accepted Henry as his successor.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Henry VI
Henry VI was great in his conceptions, great also in the energy with which he pursued his aims, clearly conscious of passing failures but never daunted by them.
It provided that Duke Henry should be left undisturbed and should have half of the revenues of Lübeck, while on the other hand Brunswick and Lübeck were henceforth to be open cities and two of the duke's sons were to remain at the king's court as hostages.
Henry pursued this design obstinately, although as he well perceived, it was unfeasible without the co-operation of the pope and of the German princes.
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 webGED: The Bement Family Data Page
The son of King Henry V and Queen Catherine of Valois, Henry was born at Windsor on December 6, 1421.
Henry, the son of Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond (1430?-56), and Margaret Beaufort, countess of Richmond and Derby (a direct descendant of John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster), was born on January 28, 1457, in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire.
Henry VIII (1491-1547), king of England (1509-1547), and founder of the Church of England.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Henry VI (of England)
Henry VI (of England) (1421-1471), king of England (1422-1461, 1470-1471), the last of the house of Lancaster.
Richard I, called Coeur de Lion or Lion-Hearted (1157-1199), king of England (1189-1199), third son of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, born in...
The son of King Louis VII, Philip was born on August 21, 1165, in Gonesse, near Paris.
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 Royalty.nu - King Henry VII of England - Henry Tudor
Royalty.nu - King Henry VII of England - Henry Tudor
Henry VIII was followed to the throne by his children Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I.
The King's Mother by Michael K. Jones and Malcolm G. Underwood is a biography of Henry VII's strong-willed mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, countess of Richmond and Derby.
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 charlemag - pafg22.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Henry married Catherine de Valois de France, daughter of Charles VI King of France and Isabelle Wittelsbach, on Jun 1420 in Troyes Cathedral, France.
Henry VI Lancaster King of England was born Dec 1421 and died May 1471.
Richard III York King of England was born Oct 1452 and died Aug 1485.
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 TimeRef - History Timelines
Henry's return to sanity swung the balance of power back to favour the Duke of Somerset and he was quickly restored to his former position of Captain of Calais.
The Earl of Warwick landed at Dartmouth in Devon accompanied by the Lancastrian Earl of Oxford and Jasper Tudor, the half-brother of Henry VI.
Henry VI was released from the Tower of London by the Earl of Warwick and crowned King of England for the second time.
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 Henry VI, king of England
Henry VI, king of England: Bibliography - Bibliography See biography by K. Vickers, England in the Later Middle Ages (7th ed.
Henry VI, king of England: Character - Character Henry was a mild, honest, and pious man, a patron of literature and the arts and the...
Henry VI, king of England: Insanity and War - Insanity and War In 1453, shortly before the birth of his son, Edward, the king became insane.
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 TimeRef - History Timelines - HENRY (VI, King of England 1422-1461, 1470-1471)
King of England from 1422 until he was deposed in 1461 and again from October 1470 until April 1471.
HENRY (V, King of England 1413-1422) (b.1387 - d.1422)
HENRY (VI, King of England 1422-1461, 1470-1471) (- d.1471)
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 SparkNotes: Henry VI Part 1: Characters
King Henry VI - King of England and various regions in France.
Henry is son of Henry V, a great warrior who won many lands in France, and it has been prophesized that this son will lose the lands his father won.
Henry faces great difficulty with his advisors and nobles, many of whom are involved in arguments with each other.
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 Free-TermPapers.com - War Of Roses
In 1399 Henry of Bolingbroke, the son of the Duke of Lancaster, seized the throne from Richard II and declared himself King Henry IV.
Henry IV and his son, Henry V, were well supported by the population, and any attempt to overthrow Lancastrian power during their reign would have been a difficult endeavor.
Henry IV’s claim to the throne Henry IV was a usurper; his ascension to the crown was determined more through military muscle than by a legitimate decision of Parliament.
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 Britannia: Sources of British History
After convincing the King of France that she was a prophetess sent by God, she took command of an army and went into battle against the English.
She wrote this letter to the King of England, who was laying siege to the town of Orleans.
King of England, if you do not do these things, I am the commander of the military; and in whatever place I shall find your men in France, I will make them flee the country, whether they wish to or not; and if they will not obey, the Maid will have them all killed.
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 AllRefer.com - Henry VI, king of England : Reign : Early Years (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Henry VI, king of England, British And Irish History, Biographies
During Henry's, England was under the protectorate of his uncles, John of Lancaster, duke of Bedford, who was regent in France, and Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.
After the English defeat by Joan of Arc at OrlEans in 1429 and Charles VII's coronation at Reims shortly thereafter, the council attempted to protect English interests in France by crowning Henry king of France at Paris in 1431.
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 Royal Genealogies Part 26
Henry was the last of the house of Lancaster.
In 1464 Henry was captured an imprisoned in the Tower of London.
Henry founded Eton College and King's College, University of Cambridge, was venerated by many as a saint because of his piety.
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 About Edward VI TUDOR (King of England)
The prince was baptized in a splendorous cermony in the chapel oh Hampton Court palace.
During that time Henry took two wives in quick succession, but both marriages ended badly; Anne of Cleves was discarded because the King found her ugly, and Catherine Howard was executed for adultery.
On 17 Feb 1547 Edward VI was knighted by Hertford, who was himself created Duke of Somerset and Earl Marshall (an office vacant as a result of the Duke of Norfolk imprisonment).
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 (Henry PLANTAGENET - Isabel PLANTAGENET )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Henry "of Grosmont" PLANTAGENET (ABT 1300 - 24 Mar 1360)
Henry Duke Lancaster I PLANTAGENET (ABT 1306 - ____)
Henry III PLANTAGENET (King of England) (1206 - 1272)
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 I1400: Henry V Tudor King Of England (9 AUG 1388 - 31 AUG 1422)
Spouses of Henry V Tudor King Of England
Descendants of Henry V Tudor King Of England and Katherine Of Valois
1 Henry VI King Of England = Margaret Of Anjou
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 Edward VI --  Encyclopædia Britannica
king of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553.
The son of King Henry VIII by his third queen, Jane Seymour, he became king at the age of 10.
The grandson of Philip III and the nephew of Philip IV, Philip VI is important because his accession to the throne had serious consequences for both France and England.
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 charlemag - pafg23.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
She died 21 Dec 1476 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England and was buried in Twekesbury Abbey, Gloucester, England.
Duke Henry de Stafford was born 4 Sep 1455 and died 2 Nov 1483.
Francois I King of France was born 12 Sep 1494 and died 31 Mar 1547.
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 History of Britain: 15th Century AD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Deaths of Henry V of England and Charles VI of France; Henry VI, King of England (to 1461)
Henry VI imprisoned by Edward IV Warwick's quarrels with Edward IV begin; forms alliance with Louis XI Warwick turns Lancastrian: he defeats Edward IV and restores Henry VI Battle of Barnet.
Death of Edward IV; Edward V, King of England; he is deposed by his uncle, Richard Duke of Gloucester; Richard III, King of England (to 1485); Edward V and his brother are murdered in the Tower of London
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 Henry VI , King of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Henry VI was crowned king of both England and France when he was an infant.
At the age of 32 (1453) he suffered his first attack of mental illness and control of the country was taken up by Richard, duke of York.
At the battle of Northampton in 1460 he was captured by the Yorkist forces and forced to acknowledge Richard as the rightful heir to the throne.
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 (Henry II* PLANTAGENET - John II, 8th Earl of Warren PLANTAGENET )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Henry II* PLANTAGENET (King of England) (5 Mar 1133 - 6 Jul 1189)
Henry V PLANTAGENET (King of England) (9 Aug 1387 - 31 Aug 1422)
Henry* Grosmont PLANTAGENET (Duke of Lancaster) (1306 - 24 Mar 1361)
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