Henry V of England accession, he inherited use of the arms of the kingdom undifferenced. In 1420 Henry V married Catherine of Valois, daughter of Charles VI of France and younger sister of the widow of Richard II, Isabella of Valois (who died several years after her husband). Her dowry, upon the agreement between the two kingdoms, was 600,000 crowns. Together the couple had one child, Henry. Upon Henry V's death, the infant Prince was made king and was crowned Henry VI of England. Henry V of England Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King
Henry VI of England the Praguerie itself, the prospect of gaining the allegiance one of Charles VII's more rebellious nobles was attractive from a military perspective. In about 1441, the recently ransomed Duke of Orléans, in an attempt to force Charles VII to make peace with the English, suggested a marriage between Henry VI and a daughter of John IV, Count of Armagnac, a powerful noble in southwestern France who was at odds with the Valois crown. An alliance with Armagnac would help to protect English Gascony from increasing French threats in the region, especially in face of defections by local English vassals to