Editing Henry V of England (section)

== Death ==
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[[File:Tomb of King Henry V.jpg|thumb|Effigy of Henry V in [[Westminster Abbey]]]]

Henry V died on 31 August 1422 at the [[Château de Vincennes]] to the east of Paris.<ref name="weir" /> The commonly held view is that Henry V contracted [[dysentery]] in the period just after the Siege of Meaux, which ended on 9 May 1422. However, the symptoms and severity of dysentery present themselves fairly quickly and he seems to have been healthy in the weeks following the siege. At the time, speculative causes of his illness also included [[smallpox]], the bacterial infection [[erysipelas]] and even [[leprosy]]. But there is no doubt he had contracted a serious illness sometime between May and June. Recovering at the castle of Vincennes, by the end of June it seems he was well enough to lead his forces with the intent of engaging the Dauphinist forces at [[Cosne-sur-Loire]]. At the outset, he would have been riding in full armour, probably in blistering heat, as the summer of 1422 was extremely hot. He was struck down again, with a debilitating fever, possibly [[heatstroke]] or a relapse of his previous illness. Whatever the cause or causes, he would not recover from this final bout of illness. For a few short weeks he was carried around in a litter, and his enemies having retreated, he decided to return to Paris. One story has him trying, one last time, to mount a horse at [[Charenton-le-Pont|Charenton]] and failing. He was taken back to Vincennes, around 10 August, where he died some weeks later. He was 35 years old and had reigned for nine years. Shortly before his death, Henry V named his brother, [[John, Duke of Bedford]], regent of France in the name of his son, Henry VI of England, then only a few months old. Henry V did not live to be crowned King of France himself, as he might confidently have expected after the Treaty of Troyes, because Charles VI, from whom he would have inherited the crown, survived him by two months.

Henry's comrade-in-arms and [[Lord Steward]], [[John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley]], brought Henry's body back to England and bore the [[royal standard]] at his funeral.<ref>{{Citation |last=Wilson |first=Derek |year=2005 |title=The Uncrowned Kings of England: The Black History of the Dudleys and the Tudor Throne |publisher=Carroll & Graf |isbn=0-7867-1469-7}}.</ref> Henry V was buried in Westminster Abbey on 7 November 1422.<ref name="weir">{{cite book |last=Weir |first=Alison |title=Britain's Royal Family |year=2008 |isbn=9780099539735 |page=130 |publisher=Vintage |author-link=Alison Weir}}</ref>