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  2. Henry VI of England - Wikipedia

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    Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, [1] and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. The only child of Henry V, he succeeded to the English throne upon his father's death at the age of eight months; he succeeded to the French throne on the death of his maternal grandfather, Charles VI, shortly afterwards.

  3. History of the English and British line of succession - Wikipedia

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    On the day of Edward VI's death, 6 July 1553, the line of succession to the English throne was as follows according to the will of Henry VIII, which excluded the descendants of his elder sister, Margaret, Queen of Scotland (note: Henry VIII's will was signed with a dry stamp rather than his hand, a technicality that eventually allowed the ...

  4. List of heirs to the English throne - Wikipedia

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    Edward VI: Lady Jane Dudley: Heiress presumptive [14] First cousin once-removed [15] 21 June 1553 Named in letters patent 6 July 1553 Proclaimed queen Upon the death of Edward VI, the succession was disputed between his sister Mary, the heir by primogeniture and the Third Succession Act, and Lady Jane Grey, whom Edward had named his heir. Since ...

  5. Edward IV - Wikipedia

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    Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, [1] [2] then again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars in England fought between the Yorkist and Lancastrian factions between 1455 and 1487.

  6. Dual monarchy of England and France - Wikipedia

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    The dual monarchy of England and France existed during the latter phase of the Hundred Years' War when Charles VII of France and Henry VI of England disputed the succession to the throne of France. It commenced on 21 October 1422 upon the death of King Charles VI of France , who had signed the Treaty of Troyes which gave the French crown to his ...

  7. The British Royal Family Tree and Complete Line of Succession

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    Succession to the crown is dictated, first and foremost, by birth order on the royal family tree—although that wasn't always the case. ... King George VI, who was the second-born son of King ...

  8. Alternative successions to the English and British Crown

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    Another point is that Henry VI passed a law in 1470 that should both he and his son Edward of Westminster die without further legitimate male issue, the crown was to pass to Clarence, as Henry had placed an attainder upon Edward IV. When Henry VI and Edward both died in 1471, Clarence became the legal heir of the House of Lancaster. [4]

  9. House of Plantagenet - Wikipedia

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    Henry IV died in 1413. His son and successor, Henry V of England, aware that Charles VI of France's mental illness had caused instability in France, invaded to assert the Plantagenet claims and won a near total victory over the French at the Battle of Agincourt. [83]