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 of England Beaufort and William de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, who thought likewise, while Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, and Richard, Duke of York, who argued for a continuation of the war, were ignored. As the English military situation in France declined, talks emerged in England about arranging a marriage for the king to strengthen England's foreign connections, and if possible to catalyse a peace between the warring parties. In 1434, the English council suggested that peace could best be effected with the Scots by wedding Henry to one of the daughters of the king of Scotland; the proposal came to nothing.