History of England power to succeed the current ruler of France, Charles VI of France. The Treaty also provided that he would marry Charles VI's daughter, Catherine of Valois. They married in 1421. Henry died of dysentery in 1422, leaving a number of unfulfilled plans, including his plan to take over as King of France and to lead a crusade to retake Jerusalem from the Muslims. Henry V's son, Henry VI, became king in 1422 as an infant. His reign was marked by constant turmoil due to his political weaknesses. While he was growing up, England was ruled by the Regency government. The
Henry VI of England the full cycle of consecutive history plays performed, for several years, by the English Shakespeare Company; Edward Jewesbury in the 1995 film version of "Richard III" with Ian McKellen as Richard; James Dalesandro as Henry in the 2008 modern-day film version of "Richard III"; and Tom Sturridge as Henry to Benedict Cumberbatch's Richard III in the 2016 second BBC series "The Hollow Crown", an adaptation of "Henry VI" (condensed into two parts) and "Richard III". Miles Mander portrayed him in "Tower of London", a 1939 horror film loosely dramatising the rise to power of Richard III. As Duke of Cornwall,