Editing Catherine of Valois (section)

==Royal marriage==
[[File:Marriage of henry and Catherine.jpg|thumb|Marriage of King Henry V of England and Catherine of Valois. Illumination, Jean Chartier, Chronicle of Charles VII, av. 1494, British Library, Royal E.V., f. 9v.]]
Henry V went to war with France, and even after the victory at [[Battle of Agincourt|Agincourt]], plans for the marriage continued. Catherine was said to be very attractive, and when Henry finally met her at [[Meulan]], he became enamoured. On 21 May 1420, a peace agreement was made between England and France, the [[Treaty of Troyes]], and Charles acknowledged Henry of England as his heir. Catherine and Henry were married at the Parish Church of St John or at [[Troyes Cathedral]] on 2 June 1420. Catherine went to England with her new husband and was crowned queen in [[Westminster Abbey]] on 23 February 1421. On 10 June 1421, Henry returned to France to continue his military campaigns.

By this time, Catherine was several months pregnant and gave birth to a son, whom she named [[Henry VI of England|Henry]], on 6 December 1421 at [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]]. Her husband never saw their child. During the [[siege of Meaux]], he became sick and died on 31 August 1422, just before his 36th birthday.{{sfn|Allmand|1992|pp=173–174}} Catherine was not quite 21 and was left a [[queen dowager]].  Charles VI died a couple of months after Henry V, making the young Henry VI king of England and English-occupied northern France. Catherine doted on her son during his early childhood.