Posts Tagged ‘Henry VI’

25
Mar

25 MARCH 1458

   Posted by: Michael    in Events in History

‘Love Day’ at St Paul’s. An attempt at reconciliation between the opposing Yorkists and Lancastrians, loyal to Henry VI, to resolve the feud resulting from the 1st Battle of St Albans (22 May 1455).   Then, on Lady Day (25 March), the King led a “love day” procession to St. Paul’s Cathedral, with Lancastrian and Yorkist nobles following him, hand in hand, among them Richard, Duke of York, with Queen Margaret of Anjou.

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23
Mar

23 MARCH 1430

   Posted by: Michael    in Events in History

Birth of Margaret of Anjou, daughter of Rene, Duke of Lorraine and Anjou, and niece of King Charles VII of France, at Pont-à-Mousson, Lorraine.  Married to Henry VI of England.

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16
Dec

16 DECEMBER 1431

   Posted by: Michael    in Events in History

Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris

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6
Dec

6 DECEMBER 1421

   Posted by: Michael    in Events in History

Birth of Henry VI of England at Windsor

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6
Nov

6 NOVEMBER 1429

   Posted by: Michael    in Events in History

Coronation of Henry VI

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24
May

24 MAY 1444

   Posted by: Michael    in Events in History

Proxy  marriage of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou.

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21
May

21 OR 22 MAY 1471

   Posted by: Michael    in Events in History

Death of Henry VI in the Tower

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19
May

Richard Duke of York Knighted

   Posted by: Dorothea Preis    in Events in History

Richard Duke of York Knighted

Nave of St Mary de Castro (© D Preis)

Richard Duke of York Knighted

On Whitsunday, 19 May 1426, Henry VI was knighted in St Mary de Castro, Leicester, by his uncle, John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford.  Then the only four-year-Richard, Duke of York, old Henry knighted 44 others, foremost among them Richard, duke of York (father of Edward IV and Richard III).

 

Source:

William Arthur Shaw, The Knights of England. Vol.1.  Sherratt and Hughes, London, 1906, pp.130-132

Dorothea Preis

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4
May

4 MAY 1471

   Posted by: Michael    in Events in History

Battle of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, defeat of Lancastrian army, Henry VI’s son Edward killed in battle, Henry VI dies soon after.

Illustration: The Battle of Tewkesbury from a Ghent manuscript

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23
Apr

23 APRIL 1445

   Posted by: Michael    in Events in History

Wedding of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou

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