Henry V died in 1422, leaving the English throne to his infant son, Henry VI.
Henry V died on 31 August 1422 at the Château de Vincennes in France, aged 35. He had been one of England’s most successful medieval warrior kings, famous for his victory at Agincourt in 1415 and his campaigns during the Hundred Years’ War. His achievements culminated in the Treaty of Troyes, which named him heir to the French king Charles VI.
His only son, Henry, had been born in December 1421 and was not yet nine months old when he became King Henry VI. Because the new king was a child, England was governed through a regency, with Henry V’s brother John, Duke of Bedford, playing a leading role in France and Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, prominent in English affairs.
Henry V’s death also changed the political balance of Europe. Charles VI survived him by only about two months, but Henry never became king of France. Henry VI’s long and troubled reign later saw military setbacks, factional conflict, and the instability that helped lead to the Wars of the Roses.