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KF5JRV > TODAY 20.03.19 13:46l 30 Lines 1436 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Today in History - Mar 20
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King Henry IV, the first English monarch of the Lancastrian dynasty,
dies after years of illness, and his eldest son, Henry, ascends to the
English throne.
In 1399, Henry Bolingbroke was crowned King Henry IV of England
following the forced abdication of King Richard II, who was greatly
weakened by internal conflicts stemming from his quarrels with
Parliament. In later years, Henry IV was a chronic invalid, and his son
Henry presided over the king’s royal council. Young Henry also led
armies against Owen Glendower and the Welsh rebels, and figured largely
in the English victory over the Welsh at the Battle of Shrewdsbury.
After his ascendance to the throne in March 1413, the main effort of
King Henry V’s reign was his claim, through his great-grandfather Edward
III, to the French crown. In 1415, Henry invaded France and won a
stunning victory against great odds at the Battle of Agincourt in
northern France. By 1419, Normandy was again under English control, and
in 1420 the Perpetual Peace of Troyes was concluded, under which Henry
married Catherine of Valois, the daughter of King Charles VI of France,
and was recognized as regent of France and heir to the French throne.
His triumph, however, was short-lived. During a siege of Melun and
Meaux, his ill health grew worse, and in August 1422 Henry died of camp
fever at Vincennes.
73 de Scott KF5JRV
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