Henry VI
Henricus VI
King of England · King of France (1422–1453) · Lord of Ireland
1421 – 1471
Biography
Crowned in two kingdoms before his second birthday, the only English monarch ever crowned king of France. A pious, gentle man unsuited to rule, he suffered a complete mental collapse in 1453 that triggered the Wars of the Roses. Deposed by Edward IV, briefly restored in 1470, then deposed again and quietly murdered in the Tower of London the following year.
Events
Thirty-two years of intermittent civil war between the Lancastrian and Yorkist branches of the Plantagenet dynasty, triggered by the recurring incapacity of Henry VI and the rival claim of Richard, Duke of York. The conflict produced six battles in the 1450s–1460s, the murderous reign of Edward IV, the disappearance of his sons in the Tower, and the final defeat of Richard III at Bosworth in 1485. Resolved by the marriage of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York the following year.
Also there: Margaret of Anjou, Edward IV, Richard III, Henry VII
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