Henry VI King Of ENGLAND

1421 - 1471

• Name	Henry VI King Of ENGLAND  [1, 3]
  	He succeeded his father on 1 Sep 1422, and was crowned King of England on 6 Nov. 1429. He was deposed by Edward, Duke of York, on 4 Mar 1461, but was restored by Richard Neville 'the Kingmaker', Earl of Warwick, on 3 Oct 1470. He was again deposed by the Yorkist victory at Barnet on 14 Apr 1471. [1] Henry VI ascended the thrones of England and France in 1422. During his long reign, his mind failed him more than once and he had to submit the kingdom to the rule of a Protector, Richard, Duke of York. This led to civil war and his throne was taken away from him by the Protector's son, Edward IV, in 1461, given back briefly in 1470, and again taken away in 1471. Weeks later Henry was murdered in the Tower of London. In 1422, Henry was kin of a French people who had lost faith in their leaders and themselves. Their pride was restored by Joan of arc, a young peasant girl from Domremy in eastern France. In 1429 Joan claimed to have had a vision from the Virgin Mary telling her to drive the English out of France, and she began a campaign that was to see the English expelled from all but Calais by 1453. In 1431 the English captured and burned Joan at the stake as a witch and heretic in Rouen. The Wars of the Roses can be seen quite simply as the military expression of an on-going family quarrel between two branches of the royal house of Plantagenet, the houses of Lancaster and York. the wars broke out in 1455 as a result of Yorkist exasperation with the weak and inefficient government of Henry VI, and lasted, with lengthy intervals, for 30 years. Gentle, kind and extremely generous, Henry was a simple man, incapable of deceit or craftiness. Throughout his life, Henry was deeply religious, a trait that manifested itself in his great enthusiasm for education and building. [2]
  Death	Between 21 and 22 May 1471  [1, 3]
  Birth	06 Dec 1421	Windsor, England   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Henry Of Windsor  [3]
  Person ID	I21337	Main Tree
  Last Modified	18 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Henry V King Of ENGLAND,   b. 09 Aug 1387, Monmouth, England d. 31 Aug 1422, Bois De Vincennes, France (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Catherine Of FRANCE,   b. 27 Oct 1401   d. 3 Jan 1437 (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	02 Jun 1420	Church of St. John, Troyes, Trinity Sunday   [1, 3, 4]
  Family ID	F07077	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Of ANJOU,   b. 23 Mar 1429   d. 25 Aug 1482, Chatea de Dampierre (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	23 Apr 1445	Titchfield, co. Hants   [1]
  Children	1. Edward Of ENGLAND,   b. 13 Oct 1453   d. 04 May 1471, Killed - Battle of Tewkesbury (Age 17 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F07079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 23 Apr 1445 - Titchfield, co. Hants  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.). [S9498] Plantagenet Somerset Fry, Kings & Queens of England and Scotland. [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese. [S03581] Wikipedia Encyclopedia.