Dual monarchy of England and France so allowed Bedford to concentrate in Normandy. Some Englishmen who feared an English government in France were opposed to the idea of Henry's being crowned in France before his coronation in England. During Henry's coronation as king of England in 1429, poems by John Lydgate were read to stress further Henry's dual inheritance of England and France. A direct link was made between Henry and his grandfather, Charles VI. The painted pedigree paralleled Henry's descent through his mother, Catherine of Valois, from Saint Louis, and his descent on his father's side from another saint, Edward the Confessor. This was not
Henry VI (play) Henry VI (play) Henry VI is a series of three history plays by William Shakespeare, set during the lifetime of King Henry VI of England. "Henry VI, Part 1" deals with the loss of England's French territories and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the Roses, as the English political system is torn apart by personal squabbles and petty jealousy; "Henry VI, Part 2" depicts the King's inability to quell the bickering of his nobles, and the inevitability of armed conflict; and "Henry VI, Part 3" deals with the horrors of that conflict. In 2016, scholars working