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A collage combines several portraits and illustrations of rulers and notable figures, including people in regal robes, armour, and elaborate crowns, alongside a muscular figure drawn in a black‑and‑white engraving style.

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16 of the worst monarchs in history

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Married three times by the age of 15: Margaret Beaufort, the woman who birthed the Tudor Dynasty. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Spectral beasts and hounds of hell: a spooky history of Britain's ghost dogs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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England’s forgotten medieval hero: how John, Duke of Bedford carried on Henry V's fight. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King Henry V (left) in a late-16th- or early 17th-century portrait by an unknown artist; and his son Henry VI (right) in a c1500s portrait (Photos by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Why Henry VI’s reign was such a disaster

Miniature depicting scenes from the Battle of Tewkesbury, where Edward IV defeated the Lancastrian forces of Margaret of Anjou

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How Edward IV reclaimed his throne at the battle of Tewkesbury

Battle of Barnet: This lively, if inaccurate, 15th- century illustration of the shows a coronet- wearing Edward skewering Warwick with his lance

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The battle of Barnet, 1471: the Wars of the Roses clash that killed the Kingmaker. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A c1520–40 portrait of Henry VI

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The miraculous afterlife of Henry VI. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry VI of England. (Photo by iStock/Getty Images)

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Henry VI may have had a "sex coach" - plus 4 more curious facts about his life

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Exclusive podcastLauren Johnson on the life and death of Henry VI. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of King Henry VI, the subject of this episode of the History Extra podcast. (Photo by Bridgeman)

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Henry VI: terrible king. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

As a child king, Henry VI – shown in a c16th-century portrait – learned the lessons of kingship from books. Unfortunately, those books didn't extol the merits of ruthlessness and practising realpolitik. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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How Henry VI's love of peace cost him the throne – and his life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The ‘Princes in the Tower’

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Portrait of King Henry VI by an unknown artist. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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The miracle of Henry VI: how the weak medieval king became a 'saint'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.