King of England and King of France Henry of Lancaster, VI

King of England and King of France Henry of Lancaster, VI

Male 1421 - 1471  (49 years)

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  1. 1.  King of England and King of France Henry of Lancaster, VIKing of England and King of France Henry of Lancaster, VI was born on 6 Dec 1421; died on 21 May 1471 in Tower of London, London, England; was buried in Windsor, Berkshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VI_of_England
    • _MILT: Series of bloody dynastic civil wars between supporters of the rival houses of Lancaster's and the Yorkist's/ First open fighting broke out at the First Battle of Saint Albans
    • Confirmation: 16 Dec 1431; Crowned King of France/Notre Dame in Paris

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England

    Buried:
    St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle

    Died:
    Sir Thomas More's History of Richard III explicitly states that Richard killed Henry

    Henry married Queen Consort of England and France Margaret d'Anjou on 22 Apr 1445 in Titchfield, Hampshire, England. Margaret was born on 23 Mar 1430 in Mousson, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France; died on 25 Aug 1482 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall Prince Edward of Lancaster  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Oct 1453 in Westminster, London, England; died on 4 May 1471 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall Prince Edward of LancasterPrince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall Prince Edward of Lancaster Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born on 13 Oct 1453 in Westminster, London, England; died on 4 May 1471 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _MILT: He was killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury, making him the only heir apparent to the English throne ever to die in battle.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Westminster Palace

    Buried:
    (a brass plate on the floor in the choir marks the grave of the only Prince of Wales ever to die in battle)/Tewksberry Abbey

    Died:
    According to some accounts, shortly after the rout of Lancastrians at Tewkesbury, a small contingent of men under the Duke of Clarence found the grieving prince near a grove where he was immediately beheaded on a makeshift block, despite his pleas.

    Prince married Queen Consort of England Anne Neville on 13 Dec 1470. Anne (daughter of 16th Earl of Warwick Richard Neville and 16th Countess of Warwick and Countess of Salisbury Anne de Beauchamp) was born on 11 Jun 1456 in Warwick, Warwickshire, England; died on 16 Mar 1485 in Westminster, London, England; was buried in Westminster, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]