Henry VI of England (1421-1461) displayed qualities that would have done credit to a monk, but not to a Medieval King. He was gentle, naïve, chaste, prudish and pious, and constantly engaged in mediation and prayer. He threw Henry VI into the Tower once again, but what happened next is up for debate. The only child of Henry V, he succeeded to the English throne at the age of nine months upon his father's death, and succeeded to the French throne on the death of his maternal grandfather Charles VI shortly afterwards. Henry VI (6 December 1421 – 21 May 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 and again from 1470 to 1471, and disputed King of France from 1422 to 1453. He became king aged about 10, but fled to Normandy in 1013 when Sweyn Forkbeard, King of the Danes invaded England. John's second wife, Isabella of Angoulême, left England for Angoulême soon after the King's death; she became a powerful regional leader, but largely abandoned the children she had had by John. Sweyn was pronounced King of England on Christmas Day 1013 and made his capital at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. The Mad King was back on the throne for less than 6 months before Edward IV returned to England with an army and defeated the Lancastrians at the Battle of Tewkesbury on 4 th May 1471. The Kingdom of England (Anglo-Norman: Realme d'Engleterre, French: Royaume d'Angleterre) was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 927, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Madness of King George PG-13 | 1h 50min | Biography , Comedy , Drama | 28 December 1994 (USA) When King George III (Sir Nigel Hawthorne) goes mad, his Lieutenants try to adjust the rules to run the country without his participation. Their eldest son, Henry III, ruled as King of England for the majority of the 13th century. The spells sometimes lasted for more than a year—an untimely quality for a king to have during the Wars of the Roses. King George III reigned for 59 years, overseeing England through the upheaval of war, widespread social change and the industrial revolution. King George III of Great-Britain (1738-1820) had always been a family man with strong moral principles, but, during his recurring bouts of 'madness', he developed an embarrassing fancy for a respectable grandmother of over fifty. It looks like history will mostly remember Henry as just another “Mad Monarch,” but one doesn’t become King of England and France as a baby (and then lose … Henry VI of England (1421-1461) displayed qualities that would have done credit to a monk, but not to a Medieval King. He was gentle, naïve, chaste, prudish and …