Timeline and Summary

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Timeline and Summary

  • Henry VI's father, Henry V, dies and leaves the baby Henry VI heir to the throne.
  • Henry VI is old enough to appear in Parliament, where he works to make peace between Gloucester and Winchester, and helps restore York to his family's title.
  • Henry is crowned in France. He also gets news that Burgundy has switched sides, and makes a number of tactical errors in relating to his court and the French.
  • Henry agrees to peace with France and to marriage with the daughter of the Earl of Armagnac.
  • Henry breaks off his engagement with the Earl's daughter to get engaged to Margaret, a woman with no dowry.