If Prince Henry had died in infancy before his father Henry V died on 1 September 1422, or if Queen Catherine had miscarried when pregnant with him, or if she had never conceived him, who would have succeeded to the throne of England, and of France on the death of Charles VI on 21 October 1422? How would the course of history been different?
John, duke of Bedford, was Henry V's elder surviving brother, but in OTL his younger brother Humphrey, duke of Gloucester was given the title of 'Protector and Defender' of the king and realm, and Bedford becomes Regent of France.
If Bedford became king of England and France as John II, presumably he would have continued the Burgundian alliance and the war in France. If he dies in September 1435 as in OTL, would his younger brother Gloucester have succeeded him, as Humphrey I? If he does and dies in February 1447 as in OTL would Richard, Duke of York have become king as Richard III? In OTL York is killed at the battle of Wakefield on 30 December 1460. If there is no Lancastrian-Yorkist civil war Richard III (born 21 September 1411) could have lived until the 1470s. He would have been succeeded by his son Edward as Edward IV.
John, duke of Bedford, was Henry V's elder surviving brother, but in OTL his younger brother Humphrey, duke of Gloucester was given the title of 'Protector and Defender' of the king and realm, and Bedford becomes Regent of France.
If Bedford became king of England and France as John II, presumably he would have continued the Burgundian alliance and the war in France. If he dies in September 1435 as in OTL, would his younger brother Gloucester have succeeded him, as Humphrey I? If he does and dies in February 1447 as in OTL would Richard, Duke of York have become king as Richard III? In OTL York is killed at the battle of Wakefield on 30 December 1460. If there is no Lancastrian-Yorkist civil war Richard III (born 21 September 1411) could have lived until the 1470s. He would have been succeeded by his son Edward as Edward IV.