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Historical person
1401–1437
Catherine of Valois was a daughter of Charles VI of France and queen consort of England through her marriage to Henry V. She was the mother of Henry VI and later formed a relationship with Owen Tudor, from whom the Tudor dynasty descended.
In Joanna Hickson’s The Agincourt Bride, at the troubled court of Charles VI of France, the young servant Mette becomes wet nurse and companion to Catherine of Valois. In Joanna Hickson’s The Tudor Bride, Catherine of Valois arrives in England as Henry V’s French queen and gives birth to the future Henry VI, but her husband’s early death leaves her politically vulnerable. Other novels featuring Catherine of Valois include Anne O’Brien’s The Forbidden Queen.
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The Catherine de Valois sequence follows the French princess from childhood at the unstable court of Charles VI to her marriage to Henry V and her later relationship with Owen Tudor. Both novels are narrated principally through Mette, a fictional servant and lifelong companion. The Agincourt Bride covers…
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