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, Part 3 Margaret in "3 Henry VI" was removed almost entirely, reducing her to two scenes; the death of York and the death of Prince Edward. "3 Henry VI" was also partly incorporated into Colley Cibber's "The Tragical History of King Richard the Third, containing the Distresses and Death of King Henry the Sixth" (1699), one of the most successful Shakespearean adaptations of all time. The play was half Shakespeare, half new material. "3 Henry VI" was used as the source for Act 1, which dramatised Henry's lamentation about the burdens of Kingship (2.5), the battle of Tewkesbury (Act 5 – although