1380-1422, also known as Charles the Mad), who also suffered from psychiatric problems.Ĭharles VI of France, by Master of Boucicaut, 1412, via Wikimedia Commons It is thought that he inherited this condition from his maternal grandfather, Charles VI of France ( r. It was during this time that his son Edward was born, and he was unable to acknowledge this. In August 1453, he had a mental breakdown, and was unable to process anything around him for a year. While Henry’s early reign was dominated by his failure in France and the culmination of the Hundred Years’ War, his later reign was dominated by his madness. As a result, his early reign was dominated by a regency government - the most notable members were his uncle (his father’s brother) Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester and Cardinal Henry Beaufort (his uncle’s half-uncle). He came to the throne aged less than one year old after his father’s untimely death.
The son of legendary English King Henry V, he was a Lancastrian king whose reign was characterized by his mental illnesses and inability to rule as a result. 1422-61 1470-71) was the ruler of England for two different periods during the fifteenth century. Henry VI: Sparking the Wars of the Roses Henry VI, attributed to the Bristol School, c.1618, via Dulwich Gallery
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