Battle of Wakefield castle on 30 December. His reasons for doing so have been variously ascribed to deception by the Lancastrian armies, or treachery by some nobles and Lancastrian officers who York thought were his allies, or simple rashness or miscalculation by York. The Duke of York was killed and his army was destroyed, many of the prominent Yorkist leaders and their family members died in the battle or were captured and executed. King Henry VI ascended the throne in 1422, when he was only nine months old. He grew up to be an ineffective king, and prone to spells of mental illness.
Succession to the Throne Act, 2013 Dominions. The "Succession to the Throne Act 1937" stated: "The alteration in the law touching the Succession to the Throne set forth in the Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom intituled 'His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act, 1936' is hereby assented to." The "Succession to the Throne Act 1937", however, also included His Majesty's "Declaration of Abdication Act 1936" in a schedule, something the "Succession to the Throne Act 2013" does not do with the "Succession to the Crown Bill 2012". Bill C-53 was, along with English and French language versions of the "Succession to the Crown Bill