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Catherine of Valois

1401 - 1437

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Catherine of Valois or Catherine of France (27 October 1401 – 3 January 1437) was Queen of England from 1420 until 1422. A daughter of King Charles VI of France, she married King Henry V of England and was the mother of King Henry VI. Catherine's marriage was part of a plan to eventually place Henry V on the throne of France, and perhaps end what is now known as the Hundred Years' War. But, although her son Henry VI was later crowned in Paris, the war continued. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Catherine of Valois has received more than 4,225,759 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Catherine of Valois is the 130th most popular companion (up from 145th in 2019), the 628th most popular biography from France (up from 685th in 2019) and the 15th most popular French Companion.

Catherine of Valois was the wife of King Henry V of England. She is most famous for her marriage to Henry V, and for being the mother of King Henry VI.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Catherine of Valois ranks 130 out of 673Before her are Inês de Castro, Sophia of Nassau, Louise of Sweden, Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, and Maria Anna of Neuburg. After her are Gorgo, Queen of Sparta, Margherita of Savoy, Agnès Sorel, Berengaria of Navarre, Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland, and Elizabeth of Bosnia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1401, Catherine of Valois ranks 4Before her are Masaccio, Nicholas of Cusa, and Francesco I Sforza. After her are Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Emperor Shōkō, Albert III, Duke of Bavaria, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Stephen Zápolya, George Sphrantzes, and Badi' al-Zaman Mirza. Among people deceased in 1437, Catherine of Valois ranks 2Before her is Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor. After her are James I of Scotland, Joan of Navarre, Queen of England, and Niccolò de' Niccoli.

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In France

Among people born in France, Catherine of Valois ranks 628 out of 6,011Before her are Yolande de Polastron (1749), Guillaume de l'Hôpital (1661), Juliette Gréco (1927), Émilie du Châtelet (1706), René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683), and Camille Flammarion (1842). After her are François Mansart (1598), Jacques Maritain (1882), Maurice Béjart (1927), Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (1799), Marie-Antoine Carême (1784), and Suzanne Valadon (1865).

Among COMPANIONS In France

Among companions born in France, Catherine of Valois ranks 15Before her are Hortense de Beauharnais (1783), Brigitte Macron (1953), Emma of Normandy (985), Henrietta Maria of France (1609), Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France (1290), and Marie of Anjou (1404). After her are Agnès Sorel (1422), Julie Clary (1771), Isabella of Angoulême (1188), Joanna of Bourbon (1338), Anne of Foix-Candale (1484), and Margaret of Provence (1221).