HENRY YI. 
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in 
olobeng mM © mouth he drove his enemies south of the Loire, and com- 
bore him a son nd his authority. Shortly afterwards, his Queen 
by his SOldiers an ) 1eir. He was master of two kingdoms, beloved 
Promise. "A by his subjects. His future was bright with 
Sonstitution jo some time a secret malndy had been preying on his 
at Paris in ee Yined by his wife and child, he had spent Whitsuntide 
bodings of “a u » endor ; but even amid the festivities he had fore- 
August 31 Va pruaching end. Retiring to Vincennes, he died there, 
and his Seddle . ) Y remains were brought to England for interment, 
Abbey, Like a ıolmet still hang over his tomb in Westminster 
lead a erusade N m. Henry V. had cherished a strong desire to 
uf Trance. or the recovery of ‚Jorusalem, His widow, Catherine 
Tudor, nn ; in Sie a Welsh gentleman named Owen 
John of Caunt. in Kdmund Fudor, by marrying a descendant of 
10. The . . ad the foundation of the Royal House of Tudor, . 
dependent Kar death of Honry saved France from ruin as an in- 
the 1 tpıhin S C Henry’s successor was an infant in arıns ; while 
the Treaty of Dr rance, who had never acknowledged Dellverance 
father, won N a made in the name of his insan® “of Fpance. 
be om lot to SE N full vigor of enrly manhood. It will 
teCOver hie een ab Prince, under the title of Charles VIL, not only 
fragment 0 a Dossessions, but even strip from England the last 
er domain in France 
CHAPTER XXV. 
PLANTAGENET LINE: HOUSE OF LANCASTER.—HENRY VI, 
149292 to 1461 A.D. 
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Rn a Bir ia ho erowns of England and France was nine 
Under the title et. his father died, Parliament acknowledged him 
f Bedford 1 Tenry VI. His eldest uncle, the Duke A son 88 
Church a % was appeinted “ Protector of the Realm and a onn a VL. 
France, w1 Ingland ;” but as Bedford’s real duties lay in YA 
home devolved ho acted as Regent, the chief direction of affairs at 
Sonal erden a yonnger uncle, the Duke of (Goucester, The per- 
Uncle, Beauf - 20 of the infant King was committed to his grand- 
Shird mama Bishop of Winchester, a son of John of Gaunt by his 
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imbeete et enthn after the acceasion of Henry VT., Charles VL, the 
DTOvisione Ban France, breathed his Iast. In accordance Wı = the 
Mely proelair x Treaty of Troyes, Henry was innnedi- _—_ 
Was a Man En his sncCOsSOT Ab Paris. Bedford, who in France. 
Aephew’s aut] great ability, did his best to uphold his 
1ority., But, as we have seen, the Dauphin Charles,