births
December 6, 1421
Henry VI of England (died 1471)
Henry VI of England
Henry VI was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. The only child of Henry V, he succeeded to the English throne at the age of eight months, upon his father's death, and to the French throne on the death of his maternal grandfather, Charles VI, shortly afterwards.