Henry VI and his nobility
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- Created on: 07-04-22 18:59
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- HENRY VI'S NOBILITY (outbreak of the wars)
- Henry VI didn't handle his nobility well - he allowed his favourites to dictate, increasing resentment to those who felt excluded
- DUKE OF GLOUCESTER
- Henry VI's uncle and heir presumptive until birth of Henry's son (1453)
- Closest blood relative to Henry VI
- Caused issues in this period - critic of peace policy with France
- Alone in his desire for war - Henry VI and Suffolk wanted peace
- arrested in 1447, for treason, killed days later (rumours it was Suffolk)
- RICHARD, DUKE OF YORK
- Replaced Gloucester when he died in 1447
- Descended from Edward III - right to the throne
- Greatest landowner in the country
- THE BEAUFORTS
- The 'illegitimate Lancastrian line'
- Major players in the hundred years war
- lacked land - wanted to gain estates in France
- Cardinal Beaufort - lent crown over £200,000
- Edmund Beaufort- successful commander in France in 1430's - king made duke of Somerset - 1448
- BUCKINGHAM AND WARWICK
- Major landowners of their reign
- each looking to expand their power for their future heirs
- WILLIAM DE LA POLE, FOLLOWED BY SUFFOLK
- King's leading household member - made lord chamberlain in 1447
- Resented by York as felt should be his position
- Kings favourite, therein lay his power
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