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Encyclopedia > Katherine of Valois

Catherine of Valois (27 October 14013 January 1437) was the Queen consort of England from 1420 till 1422.

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Catherine (or Katherine) of Valois was the daughter of King Charles VI of France. She was born on October 27, 1401, in Paris. In 1420, she was given in marriage to King Henry V of England, as part of the settlement following the Battle of Agincourt (her elder sister Isabella of Valois having been the original candidate). The only issue of this marriage was the future King Henry VI of England.


After the sudden death of Henry V in 1422, Catherine was effectively exiled from court, suspicion falling on her nationality. The regents kept her away from her child, and she turned for comfort to Owen Tudor, a Welsh courtier, who would become the founding father of the Tudor dynasty. Although Catherine was forbidden by a new law to marry again, there was a general lack of interest in her on the part of the authorities which enabled her to form a liaison with, and possibly to marry secretly (but, if so, it was legally invalid), Owen Tudor, and give birth to at least four children.


Their daughter died young, and their son Owen became a monk, but their other two sons, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond and Jasper Tudor, were to play an important role in the future of the English monarchy. Catherine died in childbirth on January 3, 1437, in London, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Her husband or lover, Owen Tudor, lived on until 1461, when he was executed by the Yorkists following the Battle of Mortimer's Cross. Their sons were given earldoms by King Henry VI after Catherine's death. Edmund would become the father of the future King Henry VII of England.


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Katherine of Valois - encyclopedia article about Katherine of Valois. (2121 words)
Catherine (or Katherine) of Valois was the daughter of King Charles VI of France Charles VI the Well-Beloved, later known as the Mad (French: Charles VI le Bien-Aimé, later known as le Fol) (December 3, 1368 – October 21, 1422) was a King of France (1380 – 1422) and a member of the Valois Dynasty.
Catherine of Valois was crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey in February, 1421.
Jasper was the third son of Owen Tudor and the former queen Katherine of Valois, widow of King Henry V. Hence he was a half-brother to King Henry VI, who, on attaining his majority, made Jasper Earl of Pembroke (sometime in 1452 or 1453).
Catherine of Valois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (447 words)
Catherine of Valois (27 October 1401 3 January 1437) was the Queen consort of England from 1420 till 1422.
Catherine (or Katherine) of Valois was the daughter of King Charles VI of France and Isabeau de Bavière.
On June 2, 1420, she was given in marriage to King Henry V of England, but only after Henry's demand for return of Normandy and Aquitaine as part of the marriage pact triggered the Battle of Agincourt and the subsequent Treaty of Troyes.
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