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HENRY V
1387 - 1422
Henry was king of England from 1413 -
1422.
Because of the
Hundred Years' War, Henry fought and won at the
Battle of
Agincourt in 1415.
And on this map you can trace the route of Henry V in
1415:

ROUTE OF HENRY V IN 1415
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Same on this map, check Henry V's First Campaign in France, 1415

English Channel 1415
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See also the chart
Governments in History.
In detail:
1414 - Henry V of England claims the crown of France, and resolves
to invade and conquer that kingdom. At this time France was in the
most deplorable state of weakness and suffering, from the factions
that raged among her nobility, and from the cruel oppressions which
the rival nobles practiced on the mass of the community. "The people
were exhausted by taxes, civil wars, and military executions; and
they had fallen into that worst of all states of mind, when the
independence of one's country is thought no longer a paramount and
sacred object. 'What can the English do to us worse than the things
we suffer at the hands of our own princes?' was a common exclamation
among the poor people of France." [Pictorial Hist. of England, vol.
i. p. 28.]
1415 - Henry invades France, takes Harfleur, and wins the great
battle of Agincourt.
1417-1419 - Henry conquers Normandy. The French Dauphin assassinates
the Duke of Burgundy, the most powerful of the French nobles, at
Montereau. The successor of the murdered duke becomes the active
ally of the English.
1420 - The Treaty of Troyes is concluded between Henry V. of England
and Charles VI. of France, and Philip, duke of Burgundy. By this
treaty it was stipulated that Henry should marry the Princess
Catherine of France; that King Charles, during his lifetime, should
keep the title and dignity of King of France, but that Henry should
succeed him, and should at once be entrusted with the administration
of the government, and that the French crown should descend to
Henry's heirs; that France and England should for ever be united
under one king, but should still retain their several usages,
customs, and privileges; that all the princes, peers, vassals, and
communities of France should swear allegiance to Henry as their
future king, and should pay him present obedience as regent; that
Henry should unite his arms to those of King Charles and the Duke of
Burgundy, in order to subdue the adherents of Charles, the pretended
dauphin; and that
these three princes should make no truce or peace with the
Dauphin, but by the common consent of all three.
1421 - Henry V gains several victories over the French, who refuse
to acknowledge the treaty of Troyes. His son, afterwards Henry VI,
is born.
1422. Henry V and Charles VI of France die. Henry VI is proclaimed
at Paris, King of England and France. The followers of the French
Dauphin proclaim him Charles VII, King of France. The Duke of
Bedford, the English Regent in France, defeats the army of the
Dauphin at Crevant.
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