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| 1407 |
| | | Rivalry between factions of the French royal family results in the murder in Paris of the king's brother, Louis duke of Orléans, and the onset of civil war | |
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| 1413 |
| | | Henry V succeeds his father, Henry IV, as king of England | |
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| 1415 |
| | | Henry V captures the French stronghold of Harfleur - where, in Shakespeare, he urges his dear friends 'once more unto the breach' | |
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| 1415 |
| | | Henry V wins a victory on St Crispin's day at Agincourt, against a much larger and more heavily armed French force | |
|  | Indenture committing an English gentleman to fight with Henry V in France
National Archives, Kew
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| 1419 |
| | | After a six-month siege Henry V makes a triumphal entry into Rouen, the city of his Norman ancestors | |
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| 1419 |
| | | John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy, is murdered by the Armagnac faction in the presence of the dauphin - escalating France's civil war | |
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| 1420 |
| | | The treaty of Troyes, between the English and the Burgundian faction, grants Henry V the status of heir to the French throne | |
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| 1420 |
| | | Henry V marries Catherine, daughter of the French king and sister of the rightful heir to the kingdom, the dauphin, who is on the opposing side | |
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| 1422 |
| | | The dauphin proclaims himself Charles VII of France, but with Paris in the hands of his enemies he is known as the king of Bourges | |
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| 1422 |
| | | Henry VI, son of Henry V and Catherine of France, is king of England and theoretically king of France before his first birthday | |
|  | Stamp signature of Henry VI in 1436
National Archives, Kew
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