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
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
Edward IV
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Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until he died in 1483. A member of the House of York, he was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses,
Henry VI of England
…period of dynastic conflict known as the Wars of the Roses (1455–1487). Henry was deposed in March 1461 by York's eldest son, who took the throne as Edward IV. Henry was captured by Edward's forces in 1465 and imprisoned in the Tower of London. Henry was restored to the throne by Richard Neville ("Warwick the…
Portrait, c. 1520, from original made c. 1470–1475
Drawing of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, the father of Edward IV and Richard III, c. 1445
Towton Cross, commemorating Edward's victory at the Battle of Towton
Rose Noble coin of Edward IV, minted in 1464