Editing Battle of Agincourt (section)

==Aftermath==
The French had suffered a catastrophic defeat.{{sfn|Sumption|2015|p=459}} In all, around 6,000 of their fighting men were killed.{{sfn|Curry|2000|pp=38, 121, 127}}{{sfn|Curry|2006|pp=187, 192, 233, 248}}{{sfn|Sumption|2015|pp=459, 461}} The list of casualties, one historian has noted, "read like a roll call of the military and political leaders of the past generation".{{sfn|Sumption|2015|p=459}} Among them were 90–120 great lords and [[Knight banneret|banneret]]s killed, including{{sfn|Curry|2000|pp=38, 53, 93, 168, 169}} three dukes ([[John I, Duke of Alençon|Alençon]], Bar and [[Antoine, Duke of Brabant|Brabant]]), nine counts ([[Henry II, Count of Blâmont|Blâmont]], [[Charles I of Albret|Dreux]], Fauquembergue, [[Edward II, Count of Grandpré|Grandpré]], [[Robert of Bar, Count of Marle|Marle]], [[Philip II, Count of Nevers|Nevers]], [[Count of Roucy|Roucy]], Vaucourt, [[Frederick of Lorraine, Count of Vaudémont|Vaudémont]]) and one viscount ([[John of Bar|Puisaye]]), also an archbishop.{{sfn|Barker|2015|p=325}} Of the great royal office holders, France lost its constable (Albret), an [[admiral of France|admiral]] (the [[Jacques de Châtillon de Dampierre|lord of Dampierre]]), the [[Master of Crossbowmen]] ([[David de Rambures]], dead along with three sons), Master of the Royal Household (Guichard Dauphin) and ''prévôt'' of the marshals.{{sfn|Barker|2015|pp=xxii, 325, 327}} According to the heralds, 3,069 knights and squires were killed,{{efn|As reported by [[Thomas Walsingham]].{{sfn|Curry|2000|p=53}} Other sources agree closely, citing 4,000 dead in this group.{{sfn|Curry|2000|pp=131, 182}} Reportedly 1,500 knights died.{{sfn|Curry|2000|pp=38, 93}} }} while at least 2,600 more corpses were found without coats of arms to identify them.{{sfn|Sumption|2015|p=459}} Entire noble families were wiped out in the male line, and in some regions an entire generation of landed nobility was annihilated.{{sfn|Sumption|2015|p=460}} The [[Bailiff (France)|bailiffs]] of nine major northern towns were killed, often along with their sons, relatives and supporters. In the words of Juliet Barker, the battle "cut a great swath through the natural leaders of French society in [[County of Artois|Artois]], [[Ponthieu]], Normandy, [[Picardy]]."{{sfn|Barker|2015|pp=326–327}}

Estimates of the number of prisoners vary between 700 and 2,200, amongst them the dukes of [[Charles, Duke of Orléans|Orléans]] and [[John I of Bourbon|Bourbon]], the counts of [[Charles of Artois, Count of Eu|Eu]], Vendôme, Richemont (brother of the [[John V, Duke of Brittany|Duke of Brittany]] and stepbrother of Henry V) and [[John VII of Harcourt|Harcourt]], and marshal [[Jean Le Maingre]].{{sfn|Barker|2015|pp=337, 367, 368}}

While numerous English sources give the English casualties in double figures,{{sfn|Curry|2000|p=12}} record evidence identifies at least 112 Englishmen killed in the fighting,{{sfn|Barker|2015|p=324}} while Monstrelet reported 600 English dead.{{sfn|Curry|2000|p=12}} These included the [[Edward, 2nd Duke of York|Duke of York]], the young [[Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk|Earl of Suffolk]] and the Welsh esquire [[Dafydd Gam|Dafydd ("Davy") Gam]]. [[Jean de Wavrin]], a knight on the French side, wrote that English fatalities were 1,600 "men of all ranks".

Although the victory had been militarily decisive, its impact was complex. It did not lead to further English conquests immediately as Henry's priority was to return to England, which he did on 16 November, to be received in [[Roman triumph|triumph]] in London on the 23rd.{{sfn|Mortimer|2009|pp=475, 479}} Henry returned a conquering hero, seen as blessed by God in the eyes of his subjects and European powers outside France. It established the legitimacy of the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian monarchy]] and the future campaigns of Henry to pursue his "rights and privileges" in France.{{sfn|Mortimer|2009|pp=547–549}} Other benefits to the English were longer term. Very quickly after the battle, the fragile truce between the [[Armagnac (party)|Armagnac]] and [[Burgundian (party)|Burgundian]] factions broke down. The brunt of the battle had fallen on the Armagnacs and it was they who suffered the majority of senior casualties and carried the blame for the defeat. The Burgundians seized on the opportunity and within 10 days of the battle had mustered their armies and marched on Paris.{{sfn|Barker|2015|p=358}} This lack of unity in France allowed Henry eighteen months to prepare militarily and politically for a renewed campaign. When that campaign took place, it was made easier by the damage done to the political and military structures of Normandy by the battle.{{sfn|Barker|2015|p=385}}