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Henry VI of England
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Kingdoms are but cares; State is devoid of stay; Riches are ready snares, And hasten to decay.
— Attributed by Sir John Harington, Letter to Prince Henry (1609) in Nugae Antiquae (1769)
Henry VI of England
King of England from 1422 to 1461 and from 1470 to 1471, disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453
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Lived 1421–1471, aged 50United Kingdom
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He inherited two crowns as an infant and lost them both. England's only king crowned in France watched his realm collapse into civil war while his mind crumbled — the Wars of the Roses began where his authority ended.
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Henry VI became King of England at nine months old in 1422, inheriting the throne after Henry V's death, and was crowned King of France at Notre-Dame in 1431 — the only English monarch to hold both titles. A regency ruled while English power in France peaked, but once he took control in 1437, military reversals followed: by 1453, only Calais remained. Described as timid, passive, and averse to violence — the opposite of his father — he married Margaret of Anjou in 1445 hoping for peace, but war continued and his domestic support collapsed. In 1453 he suffered a mental breakdown that triggered…
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