Henry VI

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Henry VI (1421–71) King of England (1422–61, 1470–71). He succeeded his father, Henry V, as a baby and came of age in 1437. In 1445 Henry married Margaret of Anjou, who thereafter dominated government. His reign was characterized by military disasters in France, and by the dynastic conflict in England known as the Wars of the Roses. Deposed by the Yorkists led by Edward IV (1461), he returned to power in 1470, but was soon deposed and murdered.

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