Henry VI of England
Also known as Henry VI
King of England from 1422 to 1461 and from 1470 to 1471, disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453
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Henry VI was King of England for most of the period between 1422 and 1471, with a brief interruption, and he also claimed the French throne during the early part of his reign. His reign was significant because it spanned a turbulent era in English history marked by weak royal authority and competing claims to power.
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- 1421
- Died
- 1471
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- De termino Michaelis. Anno. xxxvii. H. vi
- Domine Jhesu Christe qui me creasti. Domine Jhesu Christe qui solus es sapientia
- Lord Jhesu Crist, that madest me
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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 claimant to the French throne from 1422 to 1453 under the terms of the Treaty of Troyes. He became king of England at the age of nine months following the death of his father, Henry V, and inherited the French claim upon the death of his maternal grandfather, Charles VI of France.
Henry VI's claim to France was increasingly challenged during the latter stages of the Hundred Years' War, and by 1453 English authority there had collapsed entirely. His reign in England was marked by weak royal authority, factional conflict among the nobility, and a prolonged period of mental incapacity beginning in 1453, which contributed significantly to political instability and the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses.
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