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's speech in Act 5, Scene 1 was replaced with Henry V's "once more unto the breach" speech from "Henry V" and is spoken by Warwick) and Richard's murder of Henry in the tower (5.6). Richard's soliloquy in Act 2 of "Tragical History" was also based upon his soliloquy in Act 3, Scene 2 of "3 Henry VI". Colley's son, Theophilus Cibber wrote his own adaptation, "King Henry VI: A Tragedy" in 1723, using Act 5 of "2 Henry VI" and Act 1 and 2 of "3 Henry VI". Performed at Drury Lane, Colley appeared as Winchester. As had Crowne,