Henry V (22 mars 1413 – 31 août 1422)

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son of Henry IV and his first wife Mary de Bohun. Upon the exile of Henry's father in 1398, Richard II took Henry into his own charge and treated him kindly, accompanying him to Ireland. In 1399, upon his father's usurpation of the throne, Henry was recalled from Ireland into prominence as heir apparent to the Kingdom of England. The Welsh revolt of Owain Glyndŵr absorbed Henry's energies until 1408. Then, as a result of the king's ill health, Henry began to take a wider share in politics. From January 1410, helped by his uncles Henry Beaufort and Thomas Beaufort, he had practical control of the government. He was crowned king after his father's death in 1413, and immediately set about putting his domestic house in order so he could eventually focus on his goal of pursuing the French claim. His reign was generally free from serious trouble at home. The exception was the Southampton Plot in favour of Mortimer, involving Henry, Lord Scrope and Richard, Earl of Cambridge (younger brother of the second Duke of York and father of Richard, the third Duke), in July 1415. Mortimer himself remained loyal to Henry. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the Hundred Years' War against France, most notably in his famous victory at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, made England one of the strongest military powers in Europe. 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. Following this arrangement, everything seemed to point to the formation of a union between the kingdoms of France and England, in the person of King Henry. His sudden and unexpected death in France two years later condemned England to the long and difficult minority of his infant son and successor, who reigned as Henry VI in England and Henry II in France.

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