English King Henry V
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Henry V is the 1st cousin 9x
removed of Edward Carlton (born about 1610), the husband of the stepdaughter Mary
Lee of Dannette Abney (born about 1712), the 6th great grand uncle of Dwight Albert Sharpe.
Henry V (9 August 1386 Ð 31 August 1422) was King of England from 1413 until his death at the age of 36
in 1422. He was the second English monarch of the House of Lancaster. His coronation was on April 9, 1413.
In his youth, Henry gained military experience fighting the
Welsh during the revolt of Owain Glynd_r, and
against the powerful aristocratic House
of Percy of Northumberland, at
the Battle of Shrewsbury. Henry later came into
political conflict with his father, Henry IV, whose health was increasingly precarious
from 1405 onward, and who had consequently started to withdraw from government
functions. After his father's death in 1413, Henry assumed control of the
country, and asserted the pending English claims to the French
throne.
In 1415, Henry embarked on war with France in the ongoing Hundred Years' War (1337Ð1453)
between the two nations. His military successes culminated in his famous
victory at the Battle of Agincourt (1415)
and saw him come close to conquering France.
Taking advantage of political divisions within France, he conquered large
portions of the kingdom, and Normandy became English for the first time in 200
years. After months of negotiation with Charles VI of France, the Treaty
of Troyes (1420)
recognised Henry V as regent and heir
apparent to the
French throne, and he was subsequently married to Charles's daughter, Catherine of Valois (1401Ð1437).
Following Henry V's sudden and unexpected death in France two
years later, he was succeeded by his infant son, who reigned as Henry VI[3] in England and
Henry II in France. The
lack of unity and of a political consensus in Henry VI's regency government,
coupled with his subsequent ineffectual rule, would jeopardize Henry V's gains
and undermine English rule in France.
He died August 31, 1422 (age 35) at Chateau de Vincennes,
Kingdom of France. His burial was
in Westminster Abbey, London, on November 7, 1422. His wife was Catherine of Valois, whom
he married in 1420. Their only
child was Henry VI of England.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_of_England
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