Henry VI of England in accordance with the Treaty of Troyes of 1420, he became titular King of France upon his grandfather Charles VI's death. His mother, Catherine of Valois, was then 20 years old. As Charles VI's daughter, she was viewed with considerable suspicion by English nobles and was prevented from playing a full role in her son's upbringing. On 28 September 1423, the nobles swore loyalty to Henry VI. They summoned Parliament in the King's name and established a regency council to govern until the King should come of age. One of Henry V's surviving brothers, John, Duke of Bedford, was appointed
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,