Henry VI was unsuccessful as king, he was timid, kind, benevolent, lacked the ability to govern, and inaction in the Battle of the Roses led directly to his own demise. He was called the "sleeping king", what was the life of such a king?
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In September 1422, Henry VI succeeded to the Throne of England on the first day after the death of his father, Henry V, who was only nine months old and still swaddling. A month later, his maternal grandfather, King Charles VI of France, died of illness, and Henry succeeded to the Throne of France. In English history, Henry VI was the youngest king to inherit the throne and the only king to rule both England and France. Henry was officially crowned king in England at the age of 7 and King of France at Notre Dame Cathedral at the age of 9. All the nobles at that time expressed their loyalty to Henry VI.
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The Hundred Years' War between England and France did not end here in Henry, who in his early years was helped to manage the government, and British rule in France was at its peak, but the subsequent military, diplomatic and economic problems seriously threatened Britain. In 1437 Henry became pro-government, and he found his country in a difficult situation, facing setbacks in France and divisions among the domestic nobility. Unlike his father, Henry was a timid, shy, passive, kind, war-fighting and violent king. In 1445, Henry married the niece of his uncle Charles VII, a woman of strong character, Margaret of Anjou, France. By 1453, the Calais was the only region ruled by the English.
For the 8 years after the marriage, neither Henry nor his wife had any happy news, and modern historians point out that Henry maintained a "virgin body" for a long time after marriage, and he may not know how to have a round house with his wife. Scholars who specialize in the king's private life have pointed out that when the queen entered the king's bedroom, there were "reliable guards" who entered together, which meant that Henry needed to be instructed how to sleep with his wife.
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Henry was a devout religious man who was later canonized as a saint, his heart was full of love, he opposed violence and all war, and he had forgiven the sins of many people. Henry, who mediated in the Cousin Wars, had been loyal to his ideas of peace, and he had tried to suggest a "day of love" to quell the war between the cousins and the Yorkists. He was also an academic, and during his reign he founded Eaton College and King's College in Cambridge, as well as All Souls College in Oxford.
Unfortunately, Henry inherited his grandfather's schizophrenia, and in 1453 Henry began to become silent, muscular, stiff, and then began to be unconscious, so sleepy that he needed someone to serve him. A month after he lost consciousness, his son Edward was born, his first and only child after an eight-year marriage between him and Margaret. During his 18 months of slumber, the people of the York family were eyeing the throne, which was Margaret's greatest challenge, turning to face her unconscious husband, and the young Edward, the strong Margaret shouldered the responsibility of her husband's rule. Margaret's fate rises and falls like a giant wheel. When Henry woke up, he was surprised to find that he had an extra son, and that the mad king could no longer take care of the government.
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Edward IV of York, after the seizure of Henry VI from the throne, imprisoned him in the Tower of London, a king who never advocated the use of violence and pardoned the Rebels of York many times, but did not think of his great mercy but failed to exchange a little kindness from his opponents for him. There are two theories as to how he was killed, one is that he was smothered alive by Edward with a pillow, and the other is that he was killed by a sharp weapon and broke his skull. Henry's queen Margaret returned to France to live in Anru for 7 years, after which she was buried next to her parents, and during the French Revolution, her body was torn apart by the revolutionaries who ransacked the cathedral.