Catherine of valois biography samples

Catherine of Valois came to England from France to marry King Henry V. The marriage formed part of the Treaty of Troyes negotiated following the defeat of France at the Battle of Agincourt.

The couple had one son, Henry, born in December When Henry V died in August , their infant child became King Henry VI. The widowed Catherine fell in love with Owen Tudor.

Catherine of valois biography samples pdf

Their grandson Henry Tudor would later become King Henry VII. 

Childhood

Catherine of Valois was born on 27th October , the daughter of King Charles VI and his wife Isabeau of Bavaria. She was the couple’s tenth child.

Her father’s reign was marred by bouts of insanity and the Hundred Years’ War with England. As a young princess, Catherine received a typical royal education with an emphasis on music, dancing as well as piety, manners, and household management.

Her father set about trying to secure an advantageous marriage for her soon after her birth. At the age of three she was betrothed to Louis, Duke of Bourbon but noth