| Name |
Henry Plantagenet |
| Title |
King of England |
| Suffix |
VI |
Relationship | with Kathleen Alice Jones-Rouse
|
| Birth |
6 Dec 1421 |
Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
King of England |
- The whole of Henry's reign was involved with retaining both of his crowns - in the end, he held neither
|
| Occupation |
King of France |
| Stories and Notes |
King of England from 1422, son of Henry V. He assumed royal power 1442 and sided with the party opposed to the continuation of the Hundred Years' War with France. After his marriage 1445, he was dominated by his wife, Margaret of Anjou. He was deposed 1461 in the Wars of the Roses; was captured 1465, temporarily restored 1470, but again imprisoned 1471 and then murdered.
Henry was eight months old when he succeeded to the English throne, and shortly afterwards, by the death in 1422 of his maternal grandfather, Charles VI, he became titular king of France. Unlike his father, Henry was disinclined to warfare, and when Joan of Arc revived French patriotism the English gradually began to lose their French possessions. By 1453 only Calais remained of his father's conquests.
The unpopularity of the government, especially after the loss of the English conquests in France, encouraged Richard, Duke of York, to claim the throne, and though York was killed 1460, his son Edward IV proclaimed himself king 1461. |
| To Lady Kathleen |
2 x half-cousin 16 times removed |
| Death |
21 May 1471 |
Tower of London, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom |
- Murdered in the Tower while at prayer.
|
| Person ID |
I3273 |
Enchanted Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
6 Sep 2020 |
1421 - 1471 (49 years)
