Kings and Queens

By rhinamm
  • 1422

    Henry VI

    Henry VI
    Henry aged 8 months becomes King of England on the death of his father, Henry V, and, two months later, King of France on the death of his grandfather, Charles VI.
  • Period: 1422 to 1429

    King of England

    Henry VI is crowned King of England
  • 1429

    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc
    The young peasant girl Joan of Arc begins her campaign to expel the English from France. She inspires the French army which relieves Orleans besieged by English troops.
  • 1431

    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc
    The English capture Joan of Arc. She is burned at the stake as a witch and heretic in Rouen on 30 May.
  • Period: 1431 to 1431

    King of France

    Henry VI of England is crowned King of France in Paris
  • Period: 1437 to 1437

    Henry

    Henry assumes personal rule of England
  • 1440

    Eton College

    Eton College
    Eton college founded giving free education to 70 scholars
  • 1445

    Henry

    Henry
    Henry marries Margaret of Anjou
  • 1453

    End of the War

    End of 100 Years’ War. Gascony and Normandy fall to the French. England retains only Calais and The Channel Islands.
  • 1453

    Richard, Duye of York

    Henry becomes mentally ill. Richard, Duke of York, is made Protector during Henry’s illness
  • 1454

    Dukes of York and Lancaster

    Henry regains his senses but disaffected nobles take matters into their own hands. Supporters of the Dukes of York and Lancaster take sides.
  • 1455

    Wars of the Roses

    Wars of the Roses
    Beginning of the 'Wars of the Roses'. Duke of York is dismissed. York raises an army and defeats the King’s Lancastrian forces at the Battle of St. Albans.The Lancastrian leader, the Duke of Somerset, is killed. York takes over the government of England.
  • 1457

    Peace

    Henry unsuccessfully tries to broker peace between the Yorkists and Lancastrians.
  • 1459

    War

    War is renewed and the Lancastrians are defeated at Blore Heath; the Yorkists are then defeated at Ludford Bridge near Ludlow. Parliament declares York a traitor and he escapes to Ireland.
  • 1460

    Richard of York

    Richard of York
    Yorkist army led by Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, defeats Lancastrians at the Battle of Northampton. Henry VI is captured and his wife, Margaret, escapes to Scotland. Richard of York is again Protector.
  • 1460

    Margaret

    Margaret raises a Lancastrian army in the north and defeats and kills Richard of York at Wakefield. Henry VI captured by the Yorkists at Northampton. Earl of Warwick takes London for the Yorkists.
  • 1461

    Yorkists

    Yorkists win Battle of Mortimers Cross. Queen Margaret marches her army South, defeats Earl of Warwick at St Albans, and frees Henry. Edward, son of Richard of York, defeats Margaret's Lancastrian forces on 29 March at the Battle of Towton - the largest and bloodiest battle ever on British soil when 28,000 lose their lives. Margaret and Henry flee to Scotland. Henry is deposed by Edward who declares himself King Edward IV
  • 1462

    Lancastrians

    Lancastrian revolts are suppressed.
  • 1464

    Battle of Hexham

    Warwick defeats Lancastrians at Battle of Hexham; Henry VI is captured and brought to the Tower of London.
  • 1469

    Warwick

    Warwick falls out with Edward IV, and defeats him at Edgecote. They are later reconciled but Warwick is banished. He makes peace with Margaret, returns to England with an army, and Edward flees to Flanders. Henry VI is restored to the throne.
  • 1471

    Battle of Barnet

    Battle of Barnet
    Edward returns to England and defeats and kills Warwick at the Battle of Barnet. Margaret is defeated at the Battle of Tewkesbury; her son Edward, Prince of Wales, heir to the Lancastrian throne is killed in battle.
  • 1471

    Henry is murdered

    Henry is murdered
    Henry is murdered by being stabbed to death in the Tower of London.