The Children of Adam and Eve

Henry V (of England) (1387-1422), king of England (1413-22) and Prince of
Wales, known for his victorious campaigns against France, born at Monmouth
in August or September 1387. He was the son and successor of Henry IV. In
1403 Henry led the royal army that defeated the rebellious Percy family,
led by Sir Henry Percy, at Shrewsbury. He also commanded the English
forces that put Down the revolt of the Welsh chief Owen Glendower. In
1410-11, when his father was incapacitated by illness, Henry headed the
royal council, but was removed after a political quarrel with his father.
On succeeding to the throne in 1413 Henry V restored Sir Henry Percy's son
to his lands and titles; he also honorably reburied at Westminster Abbey
the remains of Richard II, who had been deposed by Henry IV and had died
in prison during the latter's reign. The new king continued his father's
policy in persecuting the religious sect known as the Lollards and
executed their leader, Sir John Oldcastle, in 1417.

In 1415 Henry warred against France, Winning in that same year the Battle
of Agincourt. The following year he allied himself with the Holy Roman
emperor Sigismund, and in 1417 he began the conquest of Normandy,
completing it with the capture of Rouen two years later. He concluded a
peace treaty with Charles VI of France at Troyes in 1420, obtaining
Charles's daughter, Catherine of Valois, in marriage and securing the
promise of succession to the French throne on the Death of Charles. When
Henry returned to England in 1421, leaving his Brother Thomas, duke of
Clarence (1389?-1421), as governor of Normandy, the French Rose in
opposition to English rule and defeated the duke. Henry returned to France
for a third campaign, but he became ill and died. He was the most
influential ruler in western Europe at the time of his Death in Vincennes,
France, August 31, 1422. He was succeeded by his son Henry VI.