Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March the siege of Melun. In February 1421 Mortimer accompanied the King back to England with his bride, Catherine of Valois, and bore the sceptre at Catherine's coronation on 21 February. He returned to France with Henry V in June 1421, and was at the Siege of Meaux, where the King fell mortally ill, dying on 31 August 1422. Henry V was succeeded by his nine-month-old son, King Henry VI, and on 9 December 1422 Mortimer was appointed to the Regency Council of the regency government, 1422–1437. On 9 May 1423 he was appointed the King's lieutenant in Ireland for nine
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