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    Dictionary of National Biography, /Henry VI

    &#;HENRY VI (–), king of England, the only son of Henry V and Catherine of France, was born at Windsor on St. Nicholas day, 6 Dec. He was baptised by Archbishop Chichele, his godparents being his uncle John, duke of Bedford; his great-uncle Henry Beaufort [q. v.], bishop of Winchester; and Jacqueline, countess of Holland (Walsingham, Hist. Anglicana, ii. ). His father's death on 31 Aug. made him king of England when only nine months old. His reign was reckoned as beginning on 1 Sept. (Ordinances of P. C. iii. 3; Nicolas, Chronology of History, pp. , ). On 21 Oct. his grandfather, Charles VI, died, and he was at once proclaimed king of France.

    Henry V's last directions were ignored, and parliament granted the protectorship of the little king to his eldest uncle, John, duke of Bedford, and, during John's absence in France, to his younger brother, Humphrey, duke of Gloucester (Rot. Parl. iv. ). But the real government rested wi

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    Henry VI, King of England

    Biography

    British royalty, the son of Henry V and Catherine de Valois. With the death of his father, he inherited the throne at nine months and ruled under the auspices of regents for years. He grew into a plain, tired and nervous man who wished for peace and leisure instead of war and business. During his reign, he favored education, founding King's College at Cambridge and Eton College.

    Deemed by some to be a saint, he was thought a simpleton by others, having apparent spells of insanity. Under political and military pressure, he fled to Scotland with his family and spent his later years as a fugitive or a prisoner; his cousin, Edward IV, had him put into the Tower of London. He died on 21 May OS, probably from blunt head trauma.

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    • Death, Cause unspecified 21 May (greg.) (Age 49, probably killed
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      Henry VI ( - )

      Henry oss  ©King from to and from to and the last Lancastrian ruler of England, Henry's reign was dominated bygd the Wars of the Roses.

      Henry was born on 6 månad at Windsor Castle. He was only nine months old when he succeeded his father, Henry V. He was crowned king of England in and, as result of his father's successes against the French, king of France in A regency council ran England until Henry was considered old enough to rule in In , he married Margaret of Anjou.

      Henry was a pious man whose interest in government was sporadic, who picked the wrong advisors and who was unable to prevent the power struggles that began to develop at court. Meanwhile, the dual monarchy proved too difficult to maintain; the successes of the Dauphin and Joan of Arc began to weaken England's grip on its French possessions and Normandy was lost in This only contributed to the erosion of Henry's prestige and authority.

      In , the king had a mental breakdown and Richard, Duke of