Henry V of England

King of England from 1413 to 1422

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Henry V

Miniature in the Regement of Princes by Thomas Hoccleve, c. 1411–1413

King of England

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Reign| 21 March 1413 – 31 August 1422
Coronation| 9 April 1413
Predecessor| Henry IV
Successor| Henry VI
Regent of France
Regency| 21 May 1420 – 31 August 1422
Monarch| Charles VI

Born| 16 September 1386
Monmouth Castle, Wales
Died| 31 August 1422 (aged 35)
Château de Vincennes, Kingdom of France
Burial| 7 November 1422

Westminster Abbey, London

Spouse|

Catherine of Valois

(m. 1420)​

Issue| Henry VI
House| Lancaster
Father| Henry IV of England
Mother| Mary de Bohun
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Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the Hundred Years' War against France made England one of the strongest military powers in Europe. Immortalised in Shakespeare's "Henriad" plays, Henry is known and celebrated as one of the greatest warrior-kings of medieval England.

Henry of Monmouth, the eldest son of Henry IV, became heir apparent and Prince of Wales after his father seized the throne in 1399. During the reign of his father, the young Prince Henry gained military experience fighting the Welsh during the revolt of Owain Glyndŵr, and against the powerful Percy family of Northumberland. He played a central part at the Battle of Shrewsbury despite being just sixteen years of age. As he entered adulthood, Henry played an increasingly central role in England's government due to the declining health of his father, but disagreements between Henry and his father led to political conflict between the two. After his father's death in March 1413, Henry ascended to the throne of England and assumed complete control of the country, also reviving the historic English claim to the French throne.

In 1415, Henry followed in the wake of his great-grandfather, Edward III, by renewing the Hundred Years' War with France, beginning the Lancastrian phase of the conflict (1415–1453). His first military campaign included capturing the port of Harfleur and a famous victory at the Battle of Agincourt, which inspired a proto-nationalistic fervour in England. During his second campaign (1417–20), his armies captured Paris and conquered most of northern France, including the formerly English-held Duchy of Normandy. Taking advantage of political divisions within France, Henry put unparalleled pressure on Charles VI of France ("the Mad"), resulting in the largest holding of French territory by an English king since the Angevin Empire. The Treaty of Troyes (1420) recognised Henry V as regent of France and heir apparent to the French throne, disinheriting Charles's own son, the Dauphin Charles. Henry was subsequently married to Charles VI's daughter, Catherine of Valois. The treaty ratified the unprecedented formation of a union between the kingdoms of England and France, in the person of Henry, upon the death of the ailing Charles. However, Henry died in August 1422, less than two months before his father-in-law, and was succeeded by his only son and heir, the infant Henry VI.

Analyses of Henry's reign are varied. According to Charles Ross, he was widely praised for his personal piety, bravery, and military genius; Henry was admired even by contemporary French chroniclers. However, his occasionally cruel temperament and lack of focus regarding domestic affairs have made him the subject of criticism. Nonetheless, Adrian Hastings believes his militaristic pursuits during the Hundred Years' War fostered a strong sense of English nationalism and set the stage for the rise of England (later Great Britain) to prominence as a dominant global power.

## Early life

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### Birth and family

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Henry was born in the tower above the gatehouse of Monmouth Castle in Monmouthshire, and for that reason was sometimes called Henry of Monmouth.[1] He was the son of Henry of Bolingbroke (later Henry IV of England) and Mary de Bohun. His father's cousin was the reigning English monarch, Richard II. Henry's paternal grandfather was the influential John of Gaunt, a son of Edward III. As he was not close to the line of succession to the throne, Henry's date of birth was not officially documented, and for many years it was disputed whether he was born in 1386 or 1387.[2] However, records indicate that his younger brother Thomas was born in the autumn of 1387 and that his parents were at Monmouth in 1386 but not in 1387.[3] It is now accepted that he was born on 16 September 1386.[4][5][6][10]

Upon the exile of Henry's father in 1398, Richard II took the boy into his own charge and treated him kindly.[11] The young Henry accompanied Richard to Ireland. While in the royal service, he visited Trim Castle in County Meath, the ancient meeting place of the Parliament of Ireland.

Henry's father, Henry IV

In 1399, John of Gaunt died. In the same year Richard II was overthrown by the Lancastrian usurpation that brought Henry's father to the throne, and Henry was recalled from Ireland into prominence as heir apparent to the Kingdom of England. He was created Prince of Wales at his father's coronation and Duke of Lancaster on 10 November 1399, the third person to hold the title that year. His other titles were Duke of Cornwall, Earl of Chester and Duke of Aquitaine. A contemporary record notes that in 1399, Henry spent time at The Queen's College, Oxford, under the care of his uncle Henry Beaufort, the chancellor of the university.[12] During this time, due to taking a liking to both literature and music, he learned to read and write in English, the vernacular; this made him the first English King that was educated in this regard.[13] He even went on to grant pensions to composers due to such love for music.

## Early military career and role in Government

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From 1400 to 1404, he carried out the duties of High Sheriff of Cornwall. During that time, Henry was also in command of part of the English forces. He led his own army into Wales against Owain Glyndŵr and joined forces with his father to fight Henry "Hotspur" Percy at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403.[14] It was there that the 16-year-old prince was almost killed by an arrow in his left cheekbone. An ordinary soldier might have died from such a wound, but Henry had the benefit of the best possible care. Over a period of several days, John Bradmore, the royal physician, treated the wound with honey to act as an antiseptic, crafted a tool to screw into the embedded arrowhead (bodkin point) and thus extract it without doing further damage, and flushed the wound with alcohol.[15] The operation was successful, but it left Henry with permanent scars - evidence of his experience in battle.[16] Bradmore recorded this account in Latin, in his manuscript titled Philomena. Henry's treatment also appeared in an anonymous Middle English surgical treatise dated to 1446, that has since been attributed to Thomas Morstede.

The Welsh revolt of Owain Glyndŵr absorbed Henry's energies until 1408. Then, as a result of the king's ill health, Henry began to take a wider share in politics. From January 1410, helped by his uncles Henry and Thomas Beaufort, legitimised sons of John of Gaunt, he had practical control of the government.[11] Both in foreign and domestic policy he differed from the king, who discharged his son from the council in November 1411. The quarrel between father and son was political only, though it is probable that the Beauforts had discussed the abdication of Henry IV. Their opponents certainly endeavoured to defame Prince Henry.[11]

A gold noble coin of Henry V

It may be that the tradition of Henry's riotous youth, immortalised by Shakespeare, is partly due to political enmity. Henry's record of involvement in war and politics, even in his youth, disproves this tradition. The most famous incident, his quarrel with the chief justice, has no contemporary authority and was first related by Sir Thomas Elyot in 1531.[11][17]

The story of Falstaff originated in Henry's early friendship with Sir John Oldcastle, a supporter of the Lollards. Shakespeare's Falstaff was originally named "Oldcastle", following his main source, The Famous Victories of Henry V. Oldcastle's descendants objected, and the name was changed (the character became a composite of several real persons, including Sir John Fastolf). That friendship, and the prince's political opposition to Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, perhaps encouraged Lollard hopes. If so, their disappointment may account for the statements of ecclesiastical writers like Thomas Walsingham that Henry, on becoming king, was suddenly changed into a new man.[11][18]

## Reign (1413–1422)

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### Accession

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Later portrait of Henry, late 16th or early 17th century

After Henry IV died on 20 March 1413, Henry V succeeded him and was crowned on 9 April 1413 at Westminster Abbey. The ceremony was marked by a terrible snowstorm, but the common people were undecided as to whether it was a good or bad omen.[19] Henry was described as having been "very tall (6 feet 3 inches), slim, with dark hair cropped in a ring above the ears, and clean-shaven". His complexion was ruddy, his face lean with a prominent and pointed nose. Depending on his mood, his eyes "flashed from the mildness of a dove's to the brilliance of a lion's".[20]

### Domestic affairs

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Henry tackled all of the domestic policies together and gradually built on them a wider policy. From the first, he made it clear that he would rule England as the head of a united nation. He let past differences be forgotten—the late Richard II was honourably re-interred; the young Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, was taken into favour; the heirs of those who had suffered under the last reign were restored gradually to their titles and estates. Yet, where Henry saw a grave domestic danger, he acted firmly and ruthlessly, such as during the Lollard discontent in January 1414 and including the execution by burning of Henry's old friend, Sir John Oldcastle, in 1417 to "nip the movement in the bud" and make his own position as ruler secure.[11]

English chancery hand. Facsimile of a letter from Henry, 1418.

Henry's reign was generally free from serious trouble at home. The exception was the Southampton Plot in favour of Mortimer,[11] involving Henry, Baron Scrope, and Richard, Earl of Cambridge (grandfather of the future King Edward IV), in July 1415. Mortimer himself remained loyal to the King.

Starting in August 1417, Henry promoted the use of the English language in government[21] and his reign marks the appearance of Chancery Standard English as well as the adoption of English as the language of record within government. He was the first king to use English in his personal correspondence since the Norman Conquest 350 years earlier.[22][23]

### War in France

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#### Dispute with France

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Henry could now turn his attention to foreign affairs. A writer of the next generation was the first to allege that Henry was encouraged by ecclesiastical statesmen to enter into the French war as a means of diverting attention from home troubles. This story seems to have no foundation. Old commercial disputes and the support the French had lent to Owain Glyndŵr were used as an excuse for war, while the disordered state of France afforded no security for peace.[11] King Charles VI of France was prone to mental illness; at times he thought he was made of glass, and his eldest surviving son, Louis, Duke of Guyenne, was an unpromising prospect. However, it was the old dynastic claim to the throne of France, first pursued by Edward III of England, that justified war with France in English opinion.

Henry may have regarded the assertion of his own claims as part of his royal duty, but a permanent settlement of the national debate was essential to the success of his foreign policy. Following the instability back in England during the reign of King Richard II, the war in France came to a halt, as during most of his reign relations between England and France were largely peaceful and so they were during his father's reign as well. But in 1415, hostilities were renewed between the two nations, and though Henry had a claim to the French throne, through his great–grandfather King Edward III by his mother's side, the French ultimately rejected this claim as its nobles pointed out that under the Salic law of the Franks, women were forbidden from inheriting the throne. Thus the throne went to a distant male relative of a cadet branch of the House of Capet, Philip VI of France, resulting in the Hundred Years' War beginning in 1337. Wanting to claim the French throne for himself, Henry resumed the war against France in 1415. This would lead to one of England's most successful military campaigns during the whole conflict and would result in one of the most decisive victories for an English army during this period.[11]

#### 1415 campaign

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Main articles: Siege of Harfleur and Battle of Agincourt

The ratification of the Treaty of Troyes between Henry and Charles VI of France, Archives Nationales (France)

On 12 August 1415, Henry sailed for France, where his forces besieged the fortress at Harfleur, capturing it on 22 September. Afterwards, he decided to march with his army across the French countryside toward Calais against the warnings of his council.[24] On 25 October, on the plains near the village of Agincourt, a French army intercepted his route. Despite his men-at-arms' being exhausted, outnumbered and malnourished, Henry led his men into battle, decisively defeating the French, who suffered severe losses. The French men-at-arms were bogged down in the muddy battlefield, soaked from the previous night of heavy rain, thus hindering the French advance and making them sitting targets for the flanking English archers.[24] Most were simply hacked to death while completely stuck in the deep mud. It was Henry's greatest military victory, ranking alongside the Battle of Crécy (1346) and the Battle of Poitiers (1356) as the greatest English victories of the Hundred Years' War. This victory both solidified and strengthened Henry V's own rule in England and also legitimized his claim to the French throne more than ever.[25]

During the battle,[26] Henry ordered that the French prisoners taken during the battle be put to death, including some of the most illustrious who could have been held for ransom. Cambridge historian Brett Tingley suggests that Henry ordered them killed out of concern that the prisoners might turn on their captors when the English were busy repelling a third wave of enemy troops, thus jeopardising a hard-fought victory.[citation needed]

The victorious conclusion of Agincourt, from the English viewpoint, was only the first step in the campaign to recover the French possessions that Henry felt belonged to the English crown. Agincourt also held out the promise that Henry's pretensions to the French throne might be realized. After the victory, Henry marched to Calais and the king returned in triumph to England in November and received a hero's welcome. The brewing nationalistic sentiment among the English people was so great that contemporary writers describe firsthand how Henry was welcomed with triumphal pageantry into London upon his return. These accounts also describe how Henry was greeted by elaborate displays and with choirs following his passage to St.Paul's Cathedral.[25]

The Battle of Agincourt as depicted in the 15th century 'St Albans Chronicle' by Thomas Walsingham.

Most importantly, the victory at Agincourt inspired and boosted the English morale, while it caused a heavy blow to the French as it further aided the English in their conquest of Normandy and much of northern France by 1419. The French, especially the nobility, who by this stage were weakened and exhausted by the disaster, began quarrelling and fighting among themselves. This quarrelling also led to a division in the French aristocracy and caused a rift in the French royal family, leading to infighting. By 1420, a treaty was signed between Henry V and Charles VI of France, known as the Treaty of Troyes, which acknowledged Henry as regent and heir to the French throne and also married Henry to Charles's daughter Catherine of Valois.[25]

#### Diplomacy

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Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Following the Battle of Agincourt, King Sigismund of Hungary (later Holy Roman Emperor) made a visit to Henry in hopes of making peace between England and France. His goal was to persuade Henry to modify his demands against the French. Henry lavishly entertained him and even had him enrolled in the Order of the Garter. Sigismund, in turn, inducted Henry into the Order of the Dragon.[27] Henry had intended to crusade for the order after uniting the English and French thrones, but he died before fulfilling his plans.[28][29][30] Sigismund left England several months later, having signed the Treaty of Canterbury acknowledging English claims to France.

Command of the sea was secured by driving the Genoese allies of the French out of the English Channel.[11] While Henry was occupied with peace negotiations in 1416, a French and Genoese fleet surrounded the harbour at the English-garrisoned Harfleur. A French land force also besieged the town. In March 1416 a raiding force of soldiers under the Earl of Dorset, Thomas Beaufort, was attacked and narrowly escaped defeat at the Battle of Valmont after a counterattack by the garrison of Harfleur. To relieve the town, Henry sent his brother, John, Duke of Bedford, who raised a fleet and set sail from Beachy Head on 14 August. The Franco-Genoese fleet was defeated the following day after the gruelling seven-hour Battle of the Seine[31] and Harfleur was relieved. Diplomacy successfully detached Emperor Sigismund from supporting France, and the Treaty of Canterbury — also signed in August 1416 — confirmed a short-lived alliance between England and the Holy Roman Empire.

### 1417–1421 campaigns

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Late-15th century depiction of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Valois. British Library, London

With those two potential enemies gone, and after two years of patient preparation following the Battle of Agincourt, Henry renewed the war on a larger scale in 1417. After taking Caen, he quickly conquered Lower Normandy and Rouen was cut off from Paris and besieged. This siege has cast an even darker shadow on the reputation of the king adding to the loss of honor following his order to slay the French prisoners at Agincourt. The leaders of Rouen, who were unable to support and feed the women and children of the town, forced them out through the gates believing that Henry would allow them to pass through his army unmolested. However, Henry refused to allow this, and the expelled women and children died of starvation in the ditches surrounding the town. The French were paralysed by the disputes between the Burgundians and the Armagnacs. Henry skillfully played one against the other without relaxing his warlike approach.[11]

In January 1419, Rouen fell.[11] Those Norman French who had resisted were severely punished: Alain Blanchard, who had hanged English prisoners from the walls of Rouen, was summarily executed; Robert de Livet, Canon of Rouen, who had excommunicated the English king, was packed off to England and imprisoned for five years.[32]

By August, the English were outside the walls of Paris. The intrigues of the French parties culminated in the assassination of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, by the Dauphin Charles's partisans at Montereau-Fault-Yonne on 10 September. Philip the Good, the new duke, and the French court threw themselves into Henry's arms. After six months of negotiation, the Treaty of Troyes recognised Henry as the heir and regent of France.[11] On 2 June 1420 at Troyes Cathedral, Henry married Catherine, daughter of Charles VI. They had only one son, Henry, born on 6 December 1421 at Windsor Castle. From June to July 1420, Henry V's army besieged and took the military fortress castle at Montereau-Fault-Yonne close to Paris. He besieged and captured Melun in November 1420, returning to England shortly thereafter. In 1428, Charles VII retook Montereau, only to see the English once again take it over within a short time. Finally, on 10 October 1437, Charles VII was victorious in regaining Montereau-Fault-Yonne.

While Henry was in England, his brother Thomas, Duke of Clarence, led the English forces in France. On 22 March 1421, Thomas led the English to a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Baugé against a Franco-Scottish army. The duke was killed in the battle. On 10 June, Henry sailed back to France to retrieve the situation. It was to be his last military campaign. From July to August, Henry's forces besieged and captured Dreux, thus relieving allied forces at Chartres. On 6 October, his forces laid siege to Meaux, capturing it on 11 May 1422.

## Death

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Effigy of Henry V in Westminster Abbey

Henry V died on 31 August 1422 at the Château de Vincennes to the east of Paris.[33] The commonly held view is that Henry V contracted dysentery in the period just after the Siege of Meaux, which ended on 9 May 1422. However, the symptoms and severity of dysentery present themselves fairly quickly and he seems to have been healthy in the weeks following the siege. At the time, speculative causes of his illness also included smallpox, the bacterial infection erysipelas and even leprosy. But there is no doubt he had contracted a serious illness sometime between May and June. Recovering at the castle of Vincennes, by the end of June it seems he was well enough to lead his forces with the intent of engaging the Dauphinist forces at Cosne-sur-Loire. At the outset, he would have been riding in full armour, probably in blistering heat, as the summer of 1422 was extremely hot. He was struck down again, with a debilitating fever, possibly heatstroke or a relapse of his previous illness. Whatever the cause or causes, he would not recover from this final bout of illness. For a few short weeks he was carried around in a litter, and his enemies having retreated, he decided to return to Paris. One story has him trying, one last time, to mount a horse at Charenton and failing. He was taken back to Vincennes, around 10 August, where he died some weeks later. He was 35 years old and had reigned for nine years. Shortly before his death, Henry V named his brother, John, 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 Charles VI, from whom he would have inherited the crown, survived him by two months.

Henry's comrade-in-arms and Lord Steward, John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, brought Henry's body back to England and bore the royal standard at his funeral.[34] Henry V was buried in Westminster Abbey on 7 November 1422.[33]

## Legacy

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### Political

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A statue of Henry V on the interior of the Canterbury Cathedral

Henry V's death at thirty-five years of age was a political and dynastic turning point for both the kingdoms of England and France. The Lancastrian ruler had been set to rule both realms after Charles VI's death, which occurred in October 1422, less than two months after Henry's own premature death. This caused his infant son, also called Henry, to ascend the throne as King Henry VI of England, at the age of nine months. Due to the new king's age, a regency government was formed by Henry's surviving brothers, John, Duke of Bedford, and Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester. This acted as the sole governing force of England and its possessions in France until Henry VI came of age in 1437. Although for a time this largely proved to be a success, with England achieving their greatest territorial extent in France under the command of Bedford,[35][36] the later reign of Henry VI saw the majority of the territories held by the English lost or returned to the French, through reconquest or diplomatic secession;[37][38] English military power in the region eventually ceased to exist.[39][40] This marked the end of England's sustained military success in the Hundred Years' War, with all their historic possessions and land in France being lost, with the exception of the Pale of Calais, which remained England's only foothold in the continent until it was lost in 1558.[41] The loss of land in France was a major contributing factor in causing Henry V's heirs and relatives to descend into civil strife and quarrel over the succession of the English crown in ensuing decades, culminating in the Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) between Henry V's descendants, the House of Lancaster, and its rival, the House of York.[42]

### Reputation

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Henry V is remembered by both his countrymen and his foes as a capable military commander during the war against France and is one of the most renowned monarchs in English and British history. He is largely seen as a symbol of English military might and power, which inspired later kings and queens of England. His effect on English history, culture, and the military is profound. His victory at Agincourt significantly impacted the war against the French and led to the English capturing most of northern France. This led to the Treaty of Troyes in 1420, in which Charles VI of France appointed Henry his successor, although Henry died two months before Charles in October 1422. Henry's victories created a national sensation and caused a patriotic fervour among the English people that influenced both the medieval English army and the British army for centuries. His victories against the French during 1417–1422 led to many romanticized depictions of Henry V as a figure of nationalism and patriotism, both in literature and in the works of Shakespeare, and in the film industry in modern times.[43]

Henry V is not only remembered for his military prowess but also for his architectural patronage. He commissioned the building of King's College Chapel and Eton College Chapel, and although some of his building works were discontinued after his death, others were continued by his son and successor Henry VI. He also contributed to the founding of the monastery of the Syon Abbey, completed by Henry VI during his lifetime. In the 16th century the monastery was demolished as a result of the growing movement of the English Reformation during the reign of King Henry VIII. Henry V further contributed to the church, as he was forced to put down an anti-church uprising in the form of the Lollard uprising led by the English Lollard leader John Oldcastle in 1414, who had been a friend of Henry V before his rebellion. Henry also faced a coup orchestrated by a relative and prominent noble, Edmund Mortimer, in the Southampton Plot, and in 1415 dealt with a Yorkist conspiracy to overthrow him. After this, during the remainder of his reign, Henry was able to rule without any opposition against him.

### In popular culture

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Main article: Cultural depictions of Henry V of England

#### In literature

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Lewis Waller as Henry V in the play Henry V by William Shakespeare

Henry V was often a figure of literary imagination and romantic interpretations, often used as a traditional character of a morally great king in the works of many writers, playwrights and dramatists. This is notably so in his depiction in Henry V, a play largely based on the life of Henry V by William Shakespeare. This and other plays about Richard II, Henry V's father Henry IV and son Henry VI are known as the Henriad in Shakespearean scholarship. It depicts the king as a pious but cunning ruler who ventured on a campaign to France to become heir to the French throne. This largely acquainted audiences and the wider population with the king's reign and his character as a whole.[44]

In the other depictions of Henry V in literature, he is a character in William Kenrick's sequel to Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2, known as Falstaff's Wedding. In the play, Henry plays a minor role. In Georgette Heyer's Simon the Coldheart Henry also appears as a minor character. In other works, Henry V is the main character such as in Good King Harry by Denise Giardina. He is also a minor character in Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell.

#### In film and television

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Henry V has been depicted in many historical films and operas such as Laurence Olivier's 1944 film Henry V played by Olivier himself, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.[45] Henry also appears in the 1935 film Royal Cavalcade, in which he was played by actor Matheson Lang. Henry is played by Kenneth Branagh in the 1989 film Henry V, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, Best Director, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.[46] Henry V appears as a major character played by Keith Baxter in Orson Welles's 1966 film Chimes at Midnight. He is also played by Timothée Chalamet in 2019 Netflix film The King directed by David Michôd. He is portrayed by Tom Hiddleston in the BBC television series The Hollow Crown.

#### In comics and video games

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Henry V is a character in the comic series The Hammer Man in the BBC comic strip The Victor featuring him as the commander of the hero, Chell Paddock. King Henry V is a character in the video game Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War and also in the Age of Empires II: The Conquerors in which he was featured as a paladin.

## Arms

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Henry's arms as Prince of Wales were those of the kingdom, differenced by a label argent of three points.[47] Upon his accession, he inherited the use of the arms of the kingdom undifferenced.

* Henry's achievement as Prince of Wales

* Royal achievement as king

## Marriage

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After his father became king, Henry was created Prince of Wales. It was suggested that Henry should marry the widow of Richard II, Isabella of Valois, but this had been refused. After this, negotiations took place for his marriage to Catherine of Pomerania between 1401 and 1404, but ultimately failed.[48]

During the following years, marriage had apparently assumed a lower priority until the conclusion of the Treaty of Troyes in 1420 when Henry V was named heir to Charles VI of France and provided in marriage to Charles's daughter Catherine of Valois, younger sister of Isabella of Valois.[33] Her dowry, upon the agreement between the two kingdoms, was 600,000 crowns.[49] Together the couple had one child, Henry, born in late 1421.[33] Upon Henry V's death in 1422, the infant prince became King Henry VI of England.[33]

## Ancestry and family

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### Descent

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Ancestors of Henry V of England

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d. 1099
Bishop of Salisbury and possible Earl of Dorset| | | | | | Roger de Beaumont
c. 1015–1094
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c. 1068–1135| | King Stephen
1092/1096–1154| | | | | | Robert de Beaumont
c. 1040/1050–1118
1st Earl of Leicester| | Henry de Beaumont
d. 1119
1st Earl of Warwick
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c. 1090–1147
1st Earl of Gloucester| | Matilda
(d. bef. 1141)| | Waleran de Beaumont
1104–1166
Earl of Worcester| | Robert de Beaumont
1104–1168
2nd Earl of Leicester| | Hugh de Beaumont
b. 1106
1st Earl of Bedford|
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1116–1183
2nd Earl of Gloucester| | | | | | Hawise de Beaumont| | Robert de Beaumont
d. 1190
3rd Earl of Leicester
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d. 1204
4th Earl of Leicester| | Amice
Countess of Rochefort
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1166–1216| | Isabella
1173/1174–1217
Countess of Gloucester| | | | | | | | | | Simon de Montfort
c. 1175–1218
5th Earl of Leicester

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1207–1272| | | | | | | | | | Eleanor of England| | Simon de Montfort
c. 1208–1265
6th Earl of Leicester
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Earl of Lancaster, 1276
| | | | | | | | King Edward I
1239–1307| | Edmund Crouchback
1245–1296
1st Earl of Leicester, 1st Earl of Lancaster
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Earldom of Lancaster restored, 1327
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1284–1327| | Thomas of Lancaster
1278–1322
2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl of Lancaster| | | | | | Henry of Lancaster
1281–1345
3rd Earl of Leicester, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Earldom of Leicester (1st creation) forfeited, 1322
Earldom of Lancaster forfeited, 1322| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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1312–1377| | | | | | Henry of Grosmont
c. 1310–1361
Duke of Lancaster, 4th Earl of Lancaster, 4th Earl of Leicester| | | | | | Joan of Lancaster
c. 1312–1349| | John (II) de Mowbray
1310–1361
3rd Baron Mowbray| | Eleanor of Lancaster
1318–1372| | Mary of Lancaster
c. 1320–1362

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1340–1399
Duke of Lancaster, 5th Earl of Lancaster, (6th) Earl of Leicester jure uxoris| | Blanche of Lancaster
1342–1368| | | | | | Maud of Lancaster
1340–1362
a.k.a. Matilda, Countess of Hainault| | William
1330–1389
Duke of Bavaria and Count of Holland,
(5th) Earl of Leicester jure uxoris| | | | | | | Richard Fitzalan
1346–1397
Earl of Arundel| | Thomas Percy
1343–1403
Earl of Worcester|
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1326–1370| | Eleanor Mowbray| | | | |

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Marquess of Somerset and Marquess of Dorset (1st creation), 1397| | Earl of Dorset (2nd creation), 1411| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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1367–1413
Duke of Lancaster, (7th) Earl of Leicester
King Henry IV| | John Beaufort
c. 1373–1410
Marquess of Somerset, Marquess of Dorset, 1st Earl of Somerset| | Thomas Beaufort
c. 1377–1426
Duke of Exeter, Earl of Dorset| | Joan Beaufort
c. 1379–1440| | Joan La Warr| | Thomas West
1365–1405
1st Baron West| | Joan de Beauchamp
1375–1435

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1386–1422
Duke of Lancaster
King Henry V| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Reginald West
1395–1450
6th Baron De La Warr and 3rd Baron West| | | | | | Richard Beauchamp
(1394–c. 1422)
Earl of Worcester
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| | | | | Duke of Somerset (1st creation), 1443| | | | | | Earl of Dorset (3rd creation), 1442
Marquess of Dorset (2nd creation), 1443
Duke of Somerset (2nd creation), 1448| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Henry Beaufort
1401–1418
2nd Earl of Somerset| | John Beaufort
1404–1444
1st Duke of Somerset, 3rd Earl of Somerset| | | | | | Edmund Beaufort
1406–1455
2nd Duke of Somerset, 1st Marquess of Dorset, 4th Earl of Somerset, Earl of Dorset| | | | | | Richard Neville
1400–1460
Earl of Salisbury| | Richard West
1430–1476
7th Baron De La Warr and 4th Baron West| | Edward Neville
d. 1476
de facto 3rd (de jure 1st) Baron Bergavenny| | Elizabeth Beauchamp
1415–1448
| | | | Dukedom of Somerset (1st creation) extinct, 1444| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | Margaret Beaufort
1443–1509| | Elizabeth Woodville
c. 1437–1492| | Henry Beaufort
1436–1464
3rd Duke of Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, 5th Earl of Dorset| | Edmund Beaufort
c. 1438–1471
4th Duke of Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Dorset, 6th Earl of Dorset| | Cecily Neville
c. 1425–1450| | John Tiptoft
1427–1470
1st Earl of Worcester| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dukedom of Somerset (2nd creation), Marquessate of Dorset (2nd creation), and Earldom of Dorset attained, 1461, but possibly restored (disputed), 1463| | Dukedom of Somerset (2nd creation), Marquessate of Dorset (2nd creation), and Earldom of Dorset extinct, 1471| | | | | | Earldom of Worcester (4th creation) attainted, 1470| | | | |
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c. 1457–1525
8th Baron De La Warr and 5th Baron West
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Margery Wentworth
c. 1478–1550| | King Henry VII
1457–1509| | Elizabeth of York
1466–1503| | Thomas Grey
1451–1501
1st Marquess of Dorset| | Charles Somerset
c. 1460–1526
1st Earl of Worcester| | Elizabeth Somerset
c. 1476–1507
3rd Baroness Herbert suo jure| | Edward Tiptoft
c. 1469–1485
2nd Earl of Worcester| | Eleanor West
b. 1481| | Edward Guildford
c. 1474–1534
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Viscount Beauchamp "of Hache" (1st creation), 1536
Earl of Hertford (2nd creation), 1537
Duke of Somerset (4th creation), 1547| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Duke of Somerset (3rd creation), 1499
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Edward Seymour
c. 1500–1552
1st Duke of Somerset, 1st Earl of Hertford and Viscount Beauchamp| | Jane Seymour
c. 1508–1537| | King Henry VIII
1491–1547| | Thomas Grey
1477–1530
2nd Marquess of Dorset| | Henry Somerset
c. 1495–1548
2nd Earl of Worcester, 4th Baron Herbert| | John Dudley
1504–1553
Duke of Northumberland| | Jane Guildford
c. 1508/1509–1555| | Mary Tudor
1496–1533
Queen of France
Duchess of Suffolk| | Prince Edmund
1499–1500
1st Duke of Somerset
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Dukedom of Somerset (4th creation), Earldom of Hertford (2nd creation), and Viscountcy Beauchamp (1st creation) forfeit, 1552| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Dukedom of Somerset (3rd creation) extinct, 1500
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| | | | | King Edward VI
1537–1553| | Henry Fitzroy
1519–1536
1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Henry Grey
1517–1554
Duke of Suffolk
3rd Marquess of Dorset| | Lady Frances Brandon
1517–1559
Duchess of Suffolk

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| | | | | Earl of Hertford (3rd creation) reverted, 1559| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Earl of Leicester (3rd creation), 1564| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst in the County of Sussex (1st creation), 1567
Earl of Dorset (4th creation), 1604
Edward Seymour
c. 1528–1593| | Edward Seymour
1539–1621
1st Earl of Hertford| | | | | | Katherine Grey
1540–1568| | William Somerset
c. 1526–1589
3rd Earl of Worcester, 5th Baron Herbert| | John Dudley
c. 1527–1554
Earl of Warwick| | Robert Dudley
1532–1588
1st Earl of Leicester| | Mary Dudley
d. 1586
m. Henry Sidney| | Lord Guildford Dudley
c. 1535–1554| | Lady Jane Grey
1537–1554
Disputed Queen of England| | Thomas Sackville
1536–1608
1st Earl of Dorset, 1st Baron Buckhurst
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Edward Seymour
c. 1563–1613
1st Baronet| | | | | | Edward Seymour
1561–1612
Viscount Beauchamp| | | | | | Edward Somerset
1553–1628
4th Earl of Worcester, 6th Baron Herbert| | | | | | Philip Sidney
1554–1586| | Mary Sidney
1561–1621| | Robert Sidney
1563–1626
1st Earl of Leicester| | | | | | Robert Sackville
1561–1609
2nd Earl of Dorset, 2nd Baron Buckhurst
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| | | | | Marquess of Hertford (1st creation), 1641
Duke of Somerset (4th creation restored), 1660| | Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, 1641| | Viscount Rochester, 1611
Earl of Somerset (3rd creation), 1613| | Marquess of Worcester, 1642| | Viscount Somerset of Cashel, 1626| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Edward Seymour
c. 1580–1659
2nd Baronet| | William Seymour
1588–1660
2nd Duke of Somerset, 1st Marquess of Hertford, 2nd Earl of Hertford| | Francis Seymour
c. 1590–1664
1st Lord Seymour of Trowbridge| | Robert Carr
c. 1587–1645
Earl of Somerset| | Henry Somerset
1577–1646
1st Marquess of Worcester, 5th Earl of Worcester, 7th Baron Herbert| | Thomas Somerset
1579–1651
Viscount Somerset| | | | | | | | | | Robert Sidney
1595–1677
2nd Earl of Leicester| | Richard Sackville
1589–1624
3rd Earl of Dorset, 3rd Baron Buckhurst| | Edward Sackville
1591–1652
4th Earl of Dorset, 4th Baron Buckhurst
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Earldom of Somerset (3rd creation) and Viscountcy Rochester extinct, 1645| | | | | | | Viscountcy Somerset extinct, 1651| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Edward Seymour
1610–1688
3rd Baronet| | Henry Seymour
c. 1626–1654
Lord Beauchamp| | | Charles Seymour
c. 1621–1665
2nd Lord Seymour of Trowbridge| | | | | | Edward Somerset
1601–1667
2nd Marquess of Worcester, 6th Earl of Worcester, 8th Baron Herbert| | | | | | Philip Sidney
1619–1698
3rd Earl of Leicester| | Algernon Sidney
1623–1683| | Lady Lucy Sidney
1630–1685| | Henry Sidney
1641–1704
Earl of Romney| | Richard Sackville
1522–1677
5th Earl of Dorset, 5th Baron Buckhurst
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Earl of Middlesex (2nd creation), 1675
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Edward Seymour
1633–1708
4th Baronet| | William Seymour
1650–1671
3rd Duke of Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Hertford, 3rd Earl of Hertford| | John Seymour
c. 1646–1675
4th Duke of Somerset, 3rd Marquess of Hertford, 4th Earl of Hertford| | Francis Seymour
1658–1678
5th Duke of Somerset, 3rd Lord Seymour of Trowbridge| | Charles Seymour
1662–1748
6th Duke of Somerset| | Henry Somerset
1629–1700
1st Duke of Beaufort, 3rd Marquess of Worcester, 7th Earl of Worcester, 9th Baron Herbert| | Robert Sidney
1649–1702
4th Earl of Leicester| | | | | | | | | | Thomas Pelham
1653–1712| | Charles Sackville
1522–1677
6th Earl of Dorset, 1st Earl of Middlesex, 6th Baron Buckhurst, 1st Baron Cranfield
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Baron Conway of Killultagh in the County of Antrim, 1712| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Duke of Dorset, 1720
Edward Seymour
1663–1740
5th Baronet| | Francis Seymour-Conway
1679–1732
1st Baron Conway| | | | | | Edward Coke
d. 1707| | Algernon Seymour
1684–1750
7th Duke of Somerset, Earl of Northumberland| | Charles Somerset
1660–1698
styled Marquess of Worcester| | Philip Sidney
1676–1705
5th Earl of Leicester| | John Sidney
1680–1737
6th Earl of Leicester| | Jocelyn Sidney
1682–1743
7th Earl of Leicester| | Elizabeth Pelham
1681–1711| | Lionel Sackville
1688–1765
1st Duke of Dorset, 7th Earl of Dorset, 2nd Earl of Middlesex, 7th Baron Buckhurst, 2nd Baron Cranfield
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Earl of Leicester (5th creation) and Viscount Coke of Holkham in the County of Norfolk, 1744| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Edward Seymour
1695–1757
6th Baronet
8th Duke of Somerset| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Anne Coke| | Thomas Coke
1697–1759
Earl of Leicester, Viscount Coke| | Henry Somerset
1684–1714
2nd Duke of Beaufort, 4th Marquess of Worcester, 8th Earl of Worcester, 10th Baron Herbert| | | | | | Charles Townshend
1700–1764
3rd Viscount Townshend| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Earl of Hertford (4th creation) and Viscount Beauchamp (2nd creation), 1850
Marquess of Hertford (2nd creation) and Earl of Yarmouth (3rd creation), 1793| | | | | | | Earldom of Leicester (5th creation) extinct, 1759| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Viscount Sackville and Baron Bolebrooke in the County of Sussex, 1782
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Edward Seymour
1717–1792
9th Duke of Somerset| | Webb Seymour
1718–1793
10th Duke of Somerset| | | | | | Francis Seymour
1726–1799| | Francis Seymour-Conway
1718–1794
1st Marquess of Hertford, Earl of Hertford, Earl of Yarmouth, and Viscount Beauchamp,
2nd Baron Conway| | Wenman (Roberts) Coke
c. 1717–1776| | | | | | Henry Somerset-Scudamore
1707–1745
3rd Duke of Beaufort, 5th Marquess of Worcester, 9th Earl of Worcester, 11th Baron Herbert| | Charles Noel Somerset
1709–1756
4th Duke of Beaufort, 6th Marquess of Worcester, 10th Earl of Worcester, 12th Baron Herbert| | George Townshend
1724–1807
1st Marquess Townshend| | Charles Sackville
1711–1769
2nd Duke of Dorset, 8th Earl of Dorset, 3rd Earl of Middlesex, 8th Baron Buckhurst, 3rd Baron Cranfield| | John Sackville
1713–1765| | George Germain
1716–1785
1st Viscount Sackville, 1st Baron Bolebrooke
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d. 1822| | Francis Ingram-Seymour-Conway
1743–1822
2nd Marquess of Hertford, Earl of Hertford, Earl of Yarmouth, and Viscount Beauchamp,
3rd Baron Conway| | Hugh Seymour
1759–1801| | Thomas William Coke
1754–1842
1st Earl of Leicester, 1st Viscount Coke| | | | | | Henry Somerset
1744–1803
5th Duke of Beaufort, 7th Marquess of Worcester, 11th Earl of Worcester, 13th Baron Herbert, 5th Baron Botetourt| | George Townshend
1753–1811
2nd Marquess Townshend, 1st Earl of Leicester| | | | | | John Frederick Sackville
1745–1799
3rd Duke of Dorset, 9th Earl of Dorset, 4th Earl of Middlesex, 9th Baron Buckhurst, 4th Baron Cranfield| | | | |
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| | | | Edward Adolphus St Maur
1775–1855
11th Duke of Somerset| | | | | | | | | | | Francis Charles Seymour-Conway
1777–1842
3rd Marquess of Hertford, Earl of Hertford, Earl of Yarmouth, and Viscount Beauchamp,
4th Baron Conway| | George Seymour
1787–1870| | | | | | | Henry Charles Somerset
1766–1835
6th Duke of Beaufort, 8th Marquess of Worcester, 12th Earl of Worcester, 14th Baron Herbert, 6th Baron Botetourt| | FitzRoy James Henry Somerset
1788–1855
1st Baron Raglan| | George Townshend
1778–1855
3rd Marquess Townshend, 2nd Earl of Leicester| | | | | | George John Frederick Sackville
1793–1815
4th Duke of Dorset, 10th Earl of Dorset, 5th Earl of Middlesex, 10th Baron Buckhurst, 5th Baron Cranfield| | John Frederick Sackville
1767–1843
5th Duke of Dorset, 11th Earl of Dorset, 6th Earl of Middlesex, 2nd Viscount Sackville, 11th Baron Buckhurst, 6th Baron Cranfield, 2nd Baron Bolebrooke
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1788–1866| | Richard Seymour-Conway
1800–1870
4th Marquess of Hertford, Earl of Hertford, Earl of Yarmouth, and Viscount Beauchamp,
5th Baron Conway| | Francis George Hugh Seymour
1812–1884
5th Marquess of Hertford, Earl of Hertford, Earl of Yarmouth, and Viscount Beauchamp,
6th Baron Conway| | | | | | | Henry Somerset
1792–1853
7th Duke of Beaufort, 9th Marquess of Worcester, 13th Earl of Worcester, 15th Baron Herbert, 8th Baron Botetourt| | | | |
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Earl St. Maur, 1863| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Edward Adolphus St Maur
1804–1885
12th Duke of Somerset| | Archibald Henry Algernon St Maur
1810–1891
13th Duke of Somerset| | Algernon Percy Banks St Maur
1813–1894
14th Duke of Somerset| | Francis Payne Seymour
1815–1870| | | | | | | | | | | Thomas William Coke
1822–1909
2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Viscount Coke| | Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset
1824–1899
8th Duke of Beaufort, 10th Marquess of Worcester, 14th Earl of Worcester, 16th Baron Herbert, 8th Baron Botetourt| | | | | | Richard Henry FitzRoy Somerset
1817–1884
2nd Baron Raglan
Earldom St. Maur extinct, 1885| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Edward Adolphus Ferdinand St. Maur
1835–1869| | | | | | Algernon St Maur
1846–1923
15th Duke of Somerset| | Edward Hamilton Seymour
1860–1931
16th Duke of Somerset| | Hugh de Grey Seymour
1843–1912
6th Marquess of Hertford, Earl of Hertford, Earl of Yarmouth, and Viscount Beauchamp,
7th Baron Conway| | | | | | Thomas William Coke
1848–1941
3rd Earl of Leicester, 3rd Viscount Coke| | Henry Adelbert Wellington FitzRoy Somerset
1847–1924
9th Duke of Beaufort, 11th Marquess of Worcester, 15th Earl of Worcester, 17th Baron Herbert, 9th Baron Botetourt| | Henry Richard Charles Somerset
1849–1932| | George FitzRoy Henry Somerset
1857–1921
3rd Baron Raglan
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| | | | | | | | Evelyn Francis Edward Seymour
1882–1954
17th Duke of Somerset| | George Francis Alexander Seymour
1871–1940
7th Marquess of Hertford, Earl of Hertford, Earl of Yarmouth, and Viscount Beauchamp,
8th Baron Conway| | Henry Charles Seymour
1878–1939| | Thomas William Coke
1880–1949
4th Earl of Leicester, 4th Viscount Coke| | Arthur George Coke
1882–1915| | | | | | | Henry Charles Somers Augustus Somerset
1874–1945| | FitzRoy Richard Somerset
1885–1964
4th Baron Raglan
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| | | | | | | | Percy Hamilton Seymour
1910–1984
18th Duke of Somerset| | | | | | | | | | | Thomas William Edward Coke
1908–1976
5th Earl of Leicester, 5th Viscount Coke| | Anthony Louis Lovel Coke
1909–1994
6th Earl of Leicester, 6th Viscount Coke| | Henry Hugh Arthur FitzRoy Somerset
1900–1984
10th Duke of Beaufort, 12th Marquess of Worcester, 16th Earl of Worcester, 18th Baron Herbert, 10th Baron Botetourt| | Henry Robert Somers FitzRoy de Vere Somerset
1898–1965| | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hugh Edward Conway Seymour
1930–1997
8th Marquess of Hertford, Earl of Hertford, Earl of Yarmouth, and Viscount Beauchamp,
9th Baron Conway| | | | | | Edward Douglas Coke
1936–2015
7th Earl of Leicester, 7th Viscount Coke| | | | | | David Robert Somerset
1928–2017
11th Duke of Beaufort, 13th Marquess of Worcester, 17th Earl of Worcester| | FitzRoy John Somerset
1927–2010
5th Baron Raglan| | Geoffrey Somerset
b. 1932
6th Baron Raglan
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| | | | | | | | John Michael Edward Seymour
b. 1952
19th Duke of Somerset| | | | | | Henry (Harry) Jocelyn Seymour
b. 1958
9th Marquess of Hertford, Earl of Hertford, Earl of Yarmouth, and Viscount Beauchamp,
10th Baron Conway| | | | | | Thomas Edward Coke
b. 1965
8th Earl of Leicester, 8th Viscount Coke| | | | | | Henry John FitzRoy Somerset
b. 1952
12th Duke of Beaufort, 14th Marquess of Worcester, 18th Earl of Worcester| | | | | | Arthur Geoffrey Somerset
1960–2012|
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| | | | | | | | Sebastian Edward Seymour
b. 1982
styled Lord Seymour| | | | | | William Francis Seymour
b. 1993
styled Earl of Yarmouth| | | | | | Edward Horatio Coke
b. 2003
styled Viscount Coke| | | | | | Henry Robert FitzRoy Somerset
b. 1989
styled Marquess of Worcester| | | | | | Inigo Arthur Fitzroy Somerset
b. 2004|
| | | | | | | | Heir apparent to the Dukedom of Somerset| | | | | | Heir apparent to the Marquessage of Hertford| | | | | | Heir apparent to the Earldom of Leicester| | | | | | Heir apparent to the Dukedom of Beaufort| | | | | | Heir apparent to the Raglan Barony

## See also

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* Dafydd Gam
* Dieu et mon droit
* English longbow
* List of English monarchs
* List of earls in the reign of Henry V of England

## Footnotes

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### Bibliography

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2. ^ Allmand, Christopher (1992). Henry V. English Monarchs series (new ed.). Yale University Press (published 1997). ISBN 978-0-3000-7369-0. pp. 7–8
3. ^ Mortimer, Ian (2007). The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-Made King. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 978-0-2240-7300-4. pp. 371–372.
4. ^ Curry, A. (2013). "The Making of a Prince: The Finances of "the young lord Henry", 1386–1400". In Gwilym Dodd (ed.). Henry V: New Interpretations. York Medieval Press. p. 11\. ISBN 978-1-9031-5346-8.
5. ^ Mortimer 2007, p. 371.
6. ^ Allmand 2010.
7. ^ Richardson, R. (2011). Kimball G. Everingham (ed.). Plantagenet Ancestry. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. p. 364 n. 231.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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9. ^ Mortimer 2007, p. 371.
10. ^ Several combinations of 9 August 16 September, and the years 1386 and 1387 frequently feature as birth dates. 16 September appears in Henry V's birth record found in Prologus in Cronica Regina (printed by Hearne), which states that he was born in the feast of St. Edith. Another document, located at John Rylands Library (French MS 54), gives the specific date of 16 September 1386. The only early authority which places his birth in August is Memorials of Henry V (ed. Cole, p. 64: "natus in Augusto fueras"); the date 9 August is first given by Paolo Giovio, but seems to be a misprint for his coronation date (9 April). The only other evidence for a birth in August would be a statement that he was in his 36th year (aged 35) when he died.[7] This would place Henry V's birth in September 1386 or August 1387.[8] Since Henry's household was at Monmouth in 1386 but not in 1387, and a specific date is given for 1386, the date of 16 September 1386 is now regarded as the correct one.[9]
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21. ^ Fisher, J. (1996). The Emergence of Standard English. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-8131-0852-0.
22. ^ Harriss, G. L., ed. (1985). Henry V: The Practice of Kingship. Oxford University Press. p. 46.
23. ^ Mugglestone, Lydia (2006), The Oxford History of English, UK: Oxford University Press, p. 101, ISBN 0-19-924931-8.
24. ^ a b Barker, J. (2005). Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England. London. p. 220.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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26. ^ Hibbert, Christopher (1964). "During the battle". Agincourt. London: Batsford. p. 114\. OCLC 460624273.
27. ^ Rezachevici, Constantin (1999). Miller, Elizabeth (ed.). "From the Order of the Dragon to Dracula". Journal of Dracula Studies. 1. St John's, NL, Canada: Memorial University of Newfoundland: 1–6\. doi:10.70013/2P97R4A5. Archived from the original on 14 April 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2008.
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## Further reading

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### Sources

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* Allmand, Christopher (2013) [1968]. Henry V. Association Pamphlets, General Series. Vol. 68 (revised ed.). London: Historical Association.
* Cowper, Marcus (10 September 2010). Henry V. Command. Vol. 8\. Illustrated by Graham Turner. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84908-370-6.
* Curry, Anne. Henry V: From Playboy Prince to Warrior King.
* Dockray, Keith (2001). Warrior King: The Life of Henry V. Tempus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7524-3046-1.
* Earle, Peter (1972). The Life and Times of Henry V. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-297-99428-2.
* Hutchinson, Harold Frederick (1967). Henry V: A Biography. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode.
* Jones, Dan (2024). Henry V – The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior King. London: Apollo.
* Kingsford, Charles (1891). "Henry V (1387–1422)" . In Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney (eds.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 26\. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
* 
-, ed. (1911) [1513]. The First English Life of King Henry the Fifth. Oxford: Clarendon Press. hdl:2027/yale.39002004659539.
* Mortimer, Ian (2009). 1415: Henry V's Year of Glory. London: The Bodley Head. ISBN 978-0-224-07992-1.
* Muir Wilson, I. M. U. (1922). "Henry V of England in France, 1415–1422". The Scottish Historical Review. 20 (77): 34–48\. JSTOR 25519493.
* Pollard, A. J. (Anthony James) (3 February 2014). Henry V. Stroud: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-9763-1.
* Ripley, George & Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "Henry V". American Cyclopædia. Vol. 8 (2nd ed.). New York: D. Appleton & Company. pp. 644–646.
* Seward, Desmond (1987). Henry V as Warlord. Harmondsworth.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
* Wylie, James H. & Waugh, William Templeton (1914–1929). The Reign of Henry V. Cambridge University Press.

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Cadet branch of the House of Plantagenet

Born: 16 September 1386 Died: 31 August 1422

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Welsh title: Dafydd ap Gruffudd (1283) |  Prince of Wales
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