Windsor, Henry VI of (1421 - 1471)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 3
Total events naming patron - 99
Troupes - 9
Bibliographic Sources - 2
Legend

patron legend

Base layers

Data layers

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King of England

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1421-12-06
Death Date: 1471-05-21

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Anjou, Margaret of (1429/30 - 1482)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1445-4-22
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: marriage treaty 22 May 1444; betrothal 24 May 1444

Offspring

From Anjou, Margaret of (1429/30 - 1482)

  1. Male offspring: Westminster, Edward of (1453 - 1471) (patron)

Primary Title

King of England

Titles

  • King of England
    Assumed 1422-09-01 (date acceeded as Henry VI)
    Vacated 1461-03-04 (date deposed)
  • King of France
    Assumed 1422-10-21 (date proclaimed king; crowned 16 Dec. 1431 in Paris)
  • King of England
    Assumed 1470-10-03 (date restored; crowned 13 Oct. 1470)
    Vacated 1471-04-11 (date deposed)

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1467-1467 King's College, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire Duke of Lancaster's Performer
Performance 1454-1455 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent King's Entertainer/s
Performance 1425-1425 Abbot's House, Robertsbridge, Robertsbridge Abbey , Sussex King's Entertainers
Performance 1436-1437 King's Hall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire King's Entertainers
Performance 1441-1441 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire King's Entertainers
Performance 1444-1445 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire King's Entertainers
Performance 1446-1447 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire King's Entertainers
Performance 1449-1450 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire King's Entertainers
Performance 1451-1451 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent King's Entertainers
Performance 1460-1461 New College, Oxford , Oxfordshire King's Entertainers
Performance 1466-1467 Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow , Shropshire King's Minstrel
Performance 1425-1426 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1426-1426 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1428-1428 Mayor's House, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1429-1429 Westminster (Unknown), Westminster , Middlesex King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1429-1429 Westminster (Unknown), Westminster , Middlesex King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1431-1431 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1431-1432 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1433-1434 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1435-1436 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1439-1440 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1440-1441 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1442-1443 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1442-1443 King's Hall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1442-1443 King's Hall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1443-1444 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1444-1446 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1445-1445 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1445-1446 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1445-1446 Bevere Manor, near Worcester , Worcestershire King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1446-1446 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1446-1447 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1446-1447 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1446-1447 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1448-1449 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1448-1449 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1448-1448 Ickham Manor, near Canterbury , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1448-1449 King's College, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1449-1449 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1449-1450 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1450-1451 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1450-1451 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1451-1451 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1452-1453 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1452-1453 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1452-1453 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1453-1454 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1454-1455 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1454-1455 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1454-1455 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1454-1455 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1454-1455 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1458-1459 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1459-1459 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1459-1459 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1459-1460 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent King's Minstrel/s
Performance 1429-1429 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire King's Minstrels
Performance 1434-1435 Guildhall, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire King's Minstrels
Performance 1440-1440 Mayor's House, Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon King's Minstrels
Performance 1446-1447 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire King's Minstrels
Performance 1446-1446 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire King's Minstrels
Performance 1447-1447 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire King's Minstrels
Performance 1448-1448 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire King's Minstrels
Performance 1449-1449 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex King's Minstrels
Performance 1449-1449 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire King's Minstrels
Performance 1450-1450 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex King's Minstrels
Performance 1450-1450 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire King's Minstrels
Performance 1451-1451 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire King's Minstrels
Performance 1452-1452 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire King's Minstrels
Performance 1452-1452 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent King's Minstrels
Performance 1453-1453 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire King's Minstrels
Performance 1456-1456 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex King's Minstrels
Performance 1456-1456 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent King's Minstrels
Performance 1457-1458 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex King's Minstrels
Performance 1457-1458 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent King's Minstrels
Performance 1457-1458 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire King's Minstrels
Performance 1457-1457 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent King's Minstrels
Performance 1457-1458 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent King's Minstrels
Performance 1460-1461 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire King's Minstrels
Performance 1445-1446 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent King's Performers
Performance 1446-1446 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent King's Performers
Performance 1446-1447 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent King's Performers
Performance 1447-1448 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent King's Performers
Performance 1448-1449 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent King's Performers
Performance 1448-1449 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent King's Performers
Performance 1451-1452 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent King's Performers
Performance 1453-1453 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent King's Performers
Performance 1453-1453 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent King's Performers
Performance 1454-1454 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent King's Performers
Performance 1455-1455 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent King's Performers
Performance 1457-1457 King's College, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire King's Performers
Performance 1459-1459 King's College, Cambridge , Cambridgeshire King's Performers
Performance? 1436-1437 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent King's Servant/s
Performance? 1442-1443 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent King's Servant/s
Performance 1452-1453 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent King's Servant/s
Performance 1453-1454 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent King's Servant/s
Performance 1455-1456 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent King's Servant/s
Performance 1456-1457 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent King's Servant/s
Performance 1429-1429 Coventry (Unknown), Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire King's Trumpeters

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of Lancaster's Performer Windsor, Henry VI of (1421 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
King's Entertainer/s Windsor, Henry VI of (1421 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
King's Entertainers Windsor, Henry VI of (1421 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 8
King's Minstrel Windsor, Henry VI of (1421 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
King's Minstrel/s Windsor, Henry VI of (1421 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 45
King's Minstrels Windsor, Henry VI of (1421 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 23
King's Performers Windsor, Henry VI of (1421 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 13
King's Servant/s Windsor, Henry VI of (1421 - 1471) Entertainers/Minstrels 6
King's Trumpeters Windsor, Henry VI of (1421 - 1471) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

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Medieval France: An Encyclopedia. Garland Encyclopedias of the Middle Ages 2. New York & London: Garland Publishing, 1995.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)