Henry VI was the youngest monarch ever to succeed to the English
throne, becoming king upon the death of his father Henry V at the
age of only nine months. Because his mother was Catherine of
Valois, and in accordance with the Treaty of Troyes, he also became
King of France only two months later. He was never able to assert
this right effectively, but unlike his father, however, he opted
for a policy of relative peace with France. After he came of age in
1437, he soon had a marriage arranged with Margaret of Anjou, niece
of the French Queen. She was to go on to hold an important position
in English politics, effectively ruling the kingdom in lieu of her
husband during his bouts of insanity in 1453-4.
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