The Middle Ages
treaty of Troyes in 1420 Henry was recognised as heir to the mad king & married Katherine of
Valois, the king's daughter. But he never became the king of France, he died a few months
before the French king.
His 9-month-old baby son Henry VI inherited the thrones of England & France. Henry the V's
brother John duke of Bedford continued to enlarge the area under English control, but soon
the French, inspired by Joan of Arc began to fight back. John of Bedford died in 1435 & with
the loss of Cascony in 1453 the Hundred Years War was over. England had lost everything
except for the newly captured port of Calais.
Henry VI grew up to be simple-minded & book-loving. He hated the warlike nobles & was
unsuitable for such a violent society. He was civilised & gentle man. He founded 2 places of
learning that still exist Eton College not far from London & King's College in Cambridge.
Later he became mentally ill. The nobility was discontented, became divided between those
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