History of England power to succeed the current ruler of France, Charles VI of France. The Treaty also provided that he would marry Charles VI's daughter, Catherine of Valois. They married in 1421. Henry died of dysentery in 1422, leaving a number of unfulfilled plans, including his plan to take over as King of France and to lead a crusade to retake Jerusalem from the Muslims. Henry V's son, Henry VI, became king in 1422 as an infant. His reign was marked by constant turmoil due to his political weaknesses. While he was growing up, England was ruled by the Regency government. The
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