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On This Day In Royal History . 31 August 1422 . King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months. . . 👑 Henry V died suddenly on 31 August 1422 at the Château de Vincennes, Vincennes, Kingdom of France, apparently from dysentery, perhaps toxic megacolon, which he had contracted during the siege of Meaux. He was 35 years old. . ◼ Shortly before his death, Henry V named his brother John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, regent of France in the name of his son Henry VI of England, then only a few months old. . ◼ Henry V did not live to be crowned King of France himself, as he might confidently have expected after the Treaty of Troyes, because ironically, the sickly Charles VI, to whom he had been named heir, survived him by two months. . ◼ Henry’s comrade-in-arms and Lord Steward John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley brought the body of King Henry home to England and bore the royal standard at his funeral. Henry V was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Kingdom of England on 7 November 1422. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1422 #KingHenryV #HenryV #HenryVofEngland #KingofEngland #HouseofPlantagnet #Plantagenet #RoyaltyinArt #History #Royalty #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #D31Aug #RoyalHistory #OnThisDay #WarriorKing #Warrior #medieval #TheKing #Plantagenets #Otd #OnThisDay #RoyalHistory #KingofEngland #MedievalHistory #medievaltimes #Medieval #HouseofLancaster (at Vincennes, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEkI_lKj2Q1/?igshid=1ku4okzps0wy4

On This Day In History . 31 August 1422 . King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months. . . 👑 Henry V died suddenly on 31 August 1422 at the Château de Vincennes, Vincennes, Kingdom of France, apparently from dysentery, perhaps toxic megacolon, which he had contracted during the siege of Meaux. He was 35 years old. . ◼ Shortly before his death, Henry V named his brother John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, regent of France in the name of his son Henry VI of England, then only a few months old. . ◼ Henry V did not live to be crowned King of France himself, as he might confidently have expected after the Treaty of Troyes, because ironically, the sickly Charles VI, to whom he had been named heir, survived him by two months. . ◼ Henry's comrade-in-arms and Lord Steward John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley brought the body of King Henry home to England and bore the royal standard at his funeral. Henry V was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Kingdom of England on 7 November 1422. . . . #OnThisDayInHistory #ThisDayInHistory #TheYear1422 #KingHenryV #HenryV #HenryVofEngland #KingofEngland #HouseofPlantagnet #Plantagenet #RoyaltyinArt #History #Royalty #EnglishMonarchy #BritishMonarchy #D31Aug #RoyalHistory #OnThisDay #Instahistory #WarriorKing #Warrior #medieval #TheKing #Plantagenets (at France) https://www.instagram.com/p/B11jmb9gCoW/?igshid=1xo659h73ocfj