During his youth, the French possessions which had been won by his father were lost so that, by 1453, only Calais remained.
The king lost his reason in the same year and Richard of York became Protector, only to be deposed the following year when Henry recovered. This sparked of the hostility between the houses of York and Lancaster,bringing about what became known later as the Wars of the Roses.
Defeated at the battle of Townton, Margaret retreated to France only to return to England via Weymouth to continue the fight. In the spring of 1471, mother and son were at Cerne Abbey in Dorset when news arived that the Earl of Warwick, "the king-maker", had been killed and defeated at the battle of Barnet and that Henry was incarcerated in the Tower.
| 1422 | | Birth of William Caxton who introduced the printing press into England |
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| 1422.Aug.10 | | Henry V transported to Vincennes by horse litter after he is unable to ride to Cosne-sur-Loire
He appoints his brother, John Duke of Bedford as provisional Regent of France (provided Philippe de Bourgogne does not want the office) and guardian of the young Henry VI and makes Gloucester Regent of England |
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| 1422.Aug.31 | | Death of king Henry V of England of dysentry at Bois de Vincennes, aged 35. Succeeded by his infant son, Henry VI |
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| 1422.Oct | | Death of Charles VI, King of France |
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| 1424 | | Henry Beaufort made Chancellor |
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| 1426 | | Henry Beaufort becomes a cardinal |
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| 1429 | | Henry VI crowned king of England at Westminster |
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| 1432 | | Foundation of the Univeristy of Caen by King Henry VI of England |
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| 1433 | | Poole made a wool staple |
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| 1435 | | Death of Bedford |
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| 1437 | | Henry VI comes of age |
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| 1438 | | William Ayscough consecrated Bishop of Salisbury by Henry VI |
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| 1444 | | Adam Moleyns becomes Lord Privy Seal |
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| 1444 | | Marriage by proxy of king Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou, daughter of Ren� d\'Anjou, duke of Anjou, by Isabel de Lorraine |
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| 1445 | | Adam Moleyns made Bishop of Chichester |
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| 1445 | | Marriage of king Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou at Titchfield Abbey, Hampshire |
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| 1447 | | Death of Cardinal Henry Beaufort |
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| 1447.Feb | | Death of Humphrey of Gloucester, within a few days of his arrest |
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| 1448.Apr.15 | | Margaret of Anjou issues a charter establishing Queen\'s College of St Margaret and St Bernard, Cambridge
The foundation stone was laid the same day |
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| 1448.Jul | | Suffolk created a duke, marking the height of his power |
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| 1449.Nov | | Parliament meets and forces the treasurer, Adam Molyneux, to resign |
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| 1450.Feb | | Parliament meets and the commons impeaches William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, accused of malfeasance and even treason
Suffolk condemned to exile for 5 years in a bid to save his life |
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| 1450.Apr | | French army under Guy de Richemont besieges the English commander in France (Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset) in Caen |
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| 1450.Apr.15 | | Battle of Formigny: French troops under the Comte de Clermont defeat an English army under Sir Thomas Kyriel and Sir Matthew Gough which was attempting to relieve Caen |
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| 1450.May.02 | | Suffolk murdered in a small boat in the Channel |
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| 1450.May.08 | | Jack Cade s Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI |
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| 1450.Jun.18 | | Battle of Seven Oaks: Jack Cade\'s rebels are driven from London by loyal troops bringing about the collapse of the rebellion |
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| 1450.Jul.06 | | English surrender Caen to the French |
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| 1450.Aug.12 | | Surrender of Cherbourg, the last English territory in Normandy, to the French
The loss of Normandy was a great blow to the prestige of Henry VI |
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| 1452.Oct.02 | | Birth of the future king Richard III, brother of king Edward IV and youngest son of Richard, Duke of York, at Fotheringay Castle |
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| 1453 | | England lost all its French possessions excepting Calais |
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| 1453 | | Birth of Prince Edward of Lancaster to king Henry VI by Margaret of Anjou |
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| 1454.Mar | | King Henry VI lost his reason and Richard of York became Protector |
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| 1454.Nov | | King Henry VI recovers and Richard of York is deposed as Protector. Queen Margaret of Anjou persuades the king to dissolve Parliament and raise an army tocrush those she percieves as his opponents
One of the contributing factors to the outbreak of the Wars of the Roses |
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| 1455.May.22 | | Battle of St Albans, the first battle of the Wars of the Roses between the Houses of Lancaster (supporting Henry VI) and York
Richard of York regained his position as protector and was promised the succession by Henry VI |
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| 1456 | | Appearance of Halley's Comet
First mention of the comet, with a period of approx. 76 years, since 1066 |
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| 1456.Feb | | The king enters parliament, relieving York of his office
(York had no pretext to refuse the king) |
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| 1456.Aug.24 | | Johann Gutenberg publishes St Jerome's Latin Vulgate Bible - the first book printed using moveable type |
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| 1459.Sep.23 | | Battle of Blore Heath; Yorkists under the Earl of Salisbury defeat a Lacastrian force |
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| 1459.Oct.12 | | Duke of York flees to Ireland as Lancastrians advance on the fortress at Ludlow
The earl of Warwick escapes to Calais |
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| 1460 | | Death of Portuguese Prince Henry the Navigator |
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| 1460 | | Warwick invades England from Calais and captures the king |
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| 1460.Dec.30 | | Battle of Wakefield (Yorkshire); between royalist forces and supporters of the Duke of York |
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| 1461 | | Queen Margaret
travels from Wales to Scotland with her husband, Henry VI, and her son surrendering Berwick to the Scots for their help |
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| 1461 | | Henry VI and the Lancastrians defeated at Towton
Henry VI and his wife Margaret of Anjou shelter in Wales |
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| 1462 | | Queen Margaret leaves Scotland for France to enlist foreign aid |
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| 1463 | | Margaret of Anjou secures aid for an abortive invasion of England |
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| 1469 | | Caister Castle beseiged by 3,000 men of the Duke of Norfolk in a private quarrel over right of possession |
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| 1470 | | Louis of France brokers the break of the Earl of Warwick with Edward IV and his reconciliation with Margaret of Anjou and Henry VI |
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| 1471.Apr | | Margaret of Anjou lands at Weymouth in Dorset |
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| 1471.Apr.14 | | Henry VI defeated at the Battle of Barnet and incarcerated in the Tower. The Earl of Warwick slain |
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| 1471.May | | Lancastrians badly defeated at the Battle of Tewkesbury; Jasper Tudor and the young Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) sought refuge in the duchy of Brittany
Margaret of Anjou imprisoned and her son slain |
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| 1471.May | | Murder of King Henry VI, imprisoned in the Tower
Legend accuses Richard, Duke of Gloucester, of the murder but he was only 19 at the time |
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| 1475 | | Louis XI secures the release of Margaret of Anjou by paying a ransom |
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A notable scholar, Henry VI founded Eton College and King's College, Cambridge.
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Margaret of Anjou Queenship and Power in Late Medieval England
by Helen E Maurer, publisher Boydell, Woodbridge, 2003 (paperback ISBN0851159273)
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