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, Part 3 when, in 1681, John Crowne created a two-part play entitled "Henry the Sixth, The First Part" and "The Misery of Civil War". "Henry" comprised Acts 1–3 of "2 Henry VI" focusing on the death of Gloucester, "Misery" adapted the last two acts of "2 Henry VI" and much of "3 Henry VI". Writing at the time of Popish Plot, Crowne, who was a devout royalist, used his adaptation to warn about the danger of allowing England to descend into another civil war, which would be the case should the Whig party rise to power. Changes to the text include a