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 the Older with Hedwig (b. ca. 1351 - d. 1 August 1409), daughter of Duke Wenceslaus I of Legnica. The union wasn't successful, and after the premature death of their only daughter, they became separated: Hedwig remained in Żagań and Henry VI moved to Krosno Odrzańskie. Despite this, Henry VI left his wife all his lands as her in his will. During his stay in Krosno Odrzańskie, Henry VI devoted himself to contemplation and ascetism. He was the only of Henry V's sons who reconciled with the Żagań monasteries' Orders. Henry VI died on 5 December 1393 in Włoszczowa, a village near