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Henry V
King of England of the Lancaster dynasty (r. 1413–1422), commander of the English forces in the later Hundred Years' War.…
Timeline
- 1421–1422Normandy and Île-de-France · NormandyIn 1421 Henry V again crossed the sea in person, consolidating control over Normandy and the occupied areas around Paris, besieging and recovering several French positions, while asserting his claim to the French succession under the framework of the Treaty of Troyes.
- 1422Château de Vincennes · Île-de-FranceHenry V died of illness at Vincennes; his son Henry VI, only nine months old, succeeded him, and the French regency passed to the Duke of Bedford and other Lancaster kinsmen, as the Hundred Years' War entered a long war of attrition under a child king.
Sources
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Henry V (1386–1422) https://www.oxforddnb.com/