Charles VII of France
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Charles VII, called the Victorious or the Well-Served, was King of France from 1422 to his death in 1461. His reign saw the end of the Hundred Years' War and a de facto end of the English claims to th
A 20th-century illustration depicting Joan of Arc at the coronation of Charles VII with her white flag
Charles VII the Victorious by Antoine-Louis Barye, held in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Charles VII Royal d'or.
Henry VI of England
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Henry VI was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and claimant to the French throne from 1422 to 1453 under the terms of the Treaty of Troyes. He became king of England at th
Charles VII of France
…Troyes, signed by Charles VI on 21 May 1420, the throne would pass to Henry V or his heir. Henry had died in July 1422: his heir was the infant King Henry VI of England, son of Henry and Charles VI's daughter Catherine of Valois. However, Frenchmen loyal to the Valois regarded the treaty as invalid on grounds of coercion…
Miniature in the Talbot Shrewsbury Book, 1444–1445
Henry VI upon his accession, shown being placed in the care of the Earl of Warwick
A mid-15th-century depiction of Henry being crowned King of France at Notre-Dame de Paris on 16 December 1431
Henry VI with his wife, Queen Margaret of Anjou, receiving the book from Earl of Shrewsbury, as depicted in the Talbot Shrewsbury Book, 1444–45