[FONT="]So Henry VI, King of England, was the only grandchild of King Henry IV who was possessed of the twin qualifications of being male and being English. The rest of Henry IV's sons had trouble siring living children by their wives.
Henry IV, King of England[/FONT]
· [FONT="]Henry V, King of England [1314-1422] (1387-1422) m. 1420 Catherine de Valois (1401-1437)[/FONT]
[FONT="]o [/FONT][FONT="]Henry VI, King of England [1422-1461; 1470-1471] (1421-1471) m. 1445 Marguerite d’Anjou (1429-1482)[/FONT]
§ [FONT="]Edward, Prince of Wales (1453-1471)[/FONT]
· [FONT="]Thomas, duke of Clarence (1388-1421) m. 1412 Margaret Holland[/FONT]
· [FONT="]John, duke of Bedford (1389-1435) 1m. 1423 Anne of Burgundy (1404-1432); 2m. 1433 Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1416-1472)[/FONT]
[FONT="]o [/FONT][FONT="]A stillborn child (September 1432)[/FONT]
· [FONT="]Humphrey, duke of Gloucester (1390-1447) 1m. 1422 (annulled 1428) Jacqueline of Bavaria, Countess of Holland, Hainaut & Zeeland [1417-1433] (1401-1436); 2m. 1428/1431 (annulled 1441) Eleanor Cobham (1400-1452)[/FONT]
[FONT="]o [/FONT][FONT="]A stillborn child (1424)[/FONT]
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Now, what would've happened if Bedford and Gloucester's child had survived, or perhaps that they had more children? Would the War of the Roses still occur on schedule? And would the duke of York still be as ambitious if he were further removed from the throne?