Catherine of valois biography of william shakespeare
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By Laurel A. Rockefeller
Henry V is one of the most beloved plays of all time. Though mostly about King Henry’s war with France and his victory at Agincourt on 25th October , the play introduces us to Henry V’s future queen Catherine de Valois from Henry’s decidedly biased point of view.
But was Shakespeare’s version of Queen Catherine truly historical?
Following my successful launch of my short biography Boudicca: Britain’s Queen of the Iceni aimed at primary- and middle-school children in March, I decided to take on this very question. What I discovered along the way now makes me wonder how Shakespeare ever kept his head on his shoulders in light of the fact that Queen Elizabeth I was Catherine’s &#; but not King Henry’s &#; descendant.
Catherine de Valois was born 27th October in Paris, the youngest daughter of the paranoid schizophrenic King Charles VI and his queen Isabeau of Bavaria and tenth of their twelve children. Charles VI’s mental illness largely incapacit
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Catherine of Valois
This article is about the queen consort of England. For the princess of Achaea and Taranto and titular Latin empress, see Catherine II, Latin Empress.
Queen of England from to
Catherine of Valois or Catherine of France (27 October – 3 January ) was Queen of England from until A daughter of King Charles VI of France, she married King Henry V of England and was the mother of King Henry VI.[a] Catherine's marriage was part of a plan to eventually place Henry V on the throne of France, and perhaps end what is now known as the Hundred Years' War. But, although her son Henry VI was later crowned in Paris, the war continued.
After Henry V's death, Catherine's unexpected marriage to Sir Owen Tudor helped lead to the rise of the House of Tudor's fortunes and to her Tudor grandson's eventual elevation to the throne as King Henry VII of England.
Early life
[edit]Catherine of Valois was the youngest daughter of King Charles VI of France and his wife
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Hal in Love: Reimagining the Love Life of Shakespeare’s King Henry V
By Brianna Foth
During my freshman year of college, I took an introductory Shakespeare class. The fem plays we read throughout the semester had no shortage of likable characters, yet, inom found myself endeared to one character over all the others: Henry V, otherwise known across Shakespeare’s Henriad as simply “Hal” or “Harry.” The son of King Henry IV, young Prince Hal initially quarrels with his father over the prince’s poor choice of childhood companions and his generally uncouth behavior, but after his father’s death, Hal rebuffs his former friends and goes on to become a thoughtful and effective ruler, during whose reign England successfully takes control of a large portion of France. Equal parts politically savvy, rhetorically skilled, and judgmentally fair, Henry V fryst vatten often regarded by Shakespeare scholars as embodying Shakespeare’s vision of the ideal English king.
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