Timeline of the Kings and Queens of England
The House of Lancaster 1399 - 1461, 1470 - 1471
Henry IV 1399 - 1413
Henry V 1413 - 1422
Henry VI 1422 - 1461, 1470 - 1471
Henry IV 1399 - 1413
Age 32-46
Eldest son of John of Gaunt (fourth son of Edward III)
Grandson of Edward III
Married Mary (English) then Joan (French).
Six children.
Died of leprosy.
Buried in Canterbury Cathedral.
Henry came to the English throne by force. He made his cousin Richard ll, abdicate, and then seized the crown himself. This started a dispute between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. Henry died of leprosy in 1413.
Henry's coronation on 13 October 1399 was the first occasion after the Norman Conquest when the monarch made an address in English.
Henry V 1413 - 1422
Age 26-35
Son of Henry IV
Married Catherine (French)
One child
Buried in Westminster Abbey
He was the first English king who could read and write easily in English.
Henry was 14 years old when he fought his first battle. He fought the French in the battle of Agincourt and won. Died at the age of 35.
Henry VI 1422 - 1461, 1470 - 1471
Age 1-40 (approx)
Son of Hery V.
Married Margaret (French)
One child
Murdered
Buried in Windsor Castle.
Henry succeeded the throne when he was only 9 months old. For th first twenty years of Henry's reign, it was his uncle's and other who governed for him in England and also France, which he had inherited under the treaty which his victorious father had made in 1420.
He was crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris on 16 December 1431. The French disliked being ruled by England. Joan of Arc, led the French armies to many victories against the English, before she was captured and charged for being a witch and burnt alive. Later she was made a saint and there is a statue of her in Winchester Cathedral.
By 1453, Henry had lost the English claim to all French soil except for Calais.
Henry was often very ill during his reign.
The War of the Roses began between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. Many barons resented the way that the Lancaster family had seized the throne in 1399 and felt that Henry V, IV or VI were not the rightful kings. According to them, the York family, cousins of the Lancasters, were truly entitled to reign, and they were dissatisfied with the way hose now in power were running the country. Because the Lancaster emblem was a red rose and the York emblem a white rose, the struggle for power which now started was known as the War of the Roses.
Henry VI founded Eton College in 1440.
He was murdered in the Tower of London a few days after the Yorkist' victory in the Wars of Roses at Towton, Yorkshire.
Interesting Fact:
Only two English monarchs have reigned more than once
Henry VI reigned from 1422-1461 and 1470-1471
Edward IV reigned from 1461-1470 and 1471-1483.

1066 - 1154 The Normans
1154 - 1399 Plantagenets
1399 - 1461 The House of Lancaster
1461 - 1485 The House of York
1485 -1603 The Tudors
1603 - 1649 and 1660 - 1714 The Stuarts
1714 -1901 The House of Hanovarians
1901 -1910 and 1910 - Today Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and The Windsors