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Nov 2, 2019 · In Kenneth Branagh’s loyal adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry V, a charming Henry woos Catherine of Valois, played by Emma Thompson. While Thompson and Branagh were both about 30 years old at the time of filming, the real-life Catherine of was only 18 when she married Henry, a man nearly twice her age.
Catherine of Valois or Catherine of France (27 October 1401 – 3 January 1437) was Queen of England from 1420 until 1422. A daughter of King Charles VI of France, she married King Henry V of England [1] and was the mother of King Henry VI. [a] Catherine's marriage was part of a plan to eventually place Henry V on the throne of France, and ...
Oct 11, 2019 · Similarly, Catherine was just 7 when, in 1408, King Henry IV of England suggested Catherine marry his 22-year-old son, Henry, as part of a peace agreement. The union was s uggested again in 1409 ...
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Ask the Chatbot a Question. Catherine of Valois (born October 27, 1401, Paris, France—died January 3, 1437, Bermondsey Abbey, London, England) was a French princess, the wife of King Henry V of England, mother of King Henry VI, and grandmother of the first Tudor monarch of England, Henry VII. Catherine was the daughter of King Charles VI of ...
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Catherine de Valois. Henry's widow Catherine de Valois (1401-1437) married Owen Tudor, a Welsh squire, and one of her three sons, Edmund, Earl of Richmond was the father of the future Henry VII. Her funeral took place on 10th February 1437. Solemn vespers for the dead were sung on the eve of the funeral.
Sep 17, 2023 · Henry V and Catherine's Short Marriage. Henry and Catherine were married on 2nd June 1420 at Troyes Cathedral. The couple spent the first months of their marriage on the battlefield, subduing French resistance to the treaty before they proceeded to England. Catherine was crowned at Westminster Abbey, London, on 23rd February 1421.
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Henry and Catherine met at Meulan on 2nd June 1419. The meeting was said to have gone successfully, with Henry V being smitten and determined to marry her, promising to give her 10,000 marks and renouncing his title ‘King of France.’ Henry’s terms were that he be recognised as regent during Charles VI’s lifetime.
