The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1911-07-13
GREAT LOVE
-STORIES-
of HISTORY
Henry V and Catherine
of France
RY AIberf Pnpton Terhune



starved. addressed girl about I'VE hun.
ldred years ago. Because the boy hap
lpened to be a prince aud the girl a
princess that same love affair led 20 a
series OF terrible wars and to the con.
quering and final losing Of a great ma
tion. The boy was Mad Prince Hal"
son Of King Henry ~ OF England.
The girl was Princess Catherine.
daughter Of insane King Charles OF
France. Unlike most royal mar
risges, theirs was q genuin love
matoh. Nor did the course OF true
eeve'' run smooth.
Mad Prince Hals- wild pranks had
,sa the English to tremble for their
Kingdoms welfare in the event OF his
looming 10 the throne Yet when. in
l4i3. be succeeded his father as king.
he sobered down as by magic and
proved himself q wise. able ruler. Al.
most his hrst act after becoming King
Henry v. was to ask the hand OF
Princess Catherine IN marriage lie
had seen but little OF the princess: yet
he had learned To love her, and he
sent for her at once TO share his
crown But By his couhsellors' advice
Tn. Cos, o, One he also asked
-. 49, that he receive
(as her dowery)
the provinces In France that had in
bygons years been captured by Eng
land and that we're now French terri
tory once more. The French govern.
ment angrily refused TO grant these
terms. Not at all discouraged, Henry
resolved TO win the princess and the
provinces AZ we'll So. declaring he
had hereditary right to the French
throne, he declared war on France.
and In i4i6 invaded that country.
He could not have chosen a better
time for his attack. The king OF
france was insane playing cards are
bald 10 have been invented TO amuse
DIS crazy monarchy, and the Kingdom
was rept ~ two warning factions
Princess Catherine had been sadly
inesiseted and had had . wrstohed sirl.
hood Her father being insane, the
care of the girl aid BEEN hsft TO her
mother. an Idle. wicked woman. who
did not give Catherine enough food
nor clothing. Ragged. hungry. M
treated. the poor child was an object
Iof pity anti her father. IN q lucid In.
torvh. removed her from her mothers
charge and sent her to q convent 10 be
seducatsd.
was largely oa account OF this -
year-old girl that France. In 1918. was
Invaded by an English army. Henry
swept all before him. The French Cd
posed him at Agincourt ana are said
20 have oatnumbersd his army By ten
70 one. Yet he won q great victory,
brushing the national pride Of France.
a second invasion ended even more
ltriumphantly. The French. utterly
overvhelmed. begged for peace. The
terms Henry granted we're unheard of
IN their sxorbitsnee. first and fore
most he demanded the hand OF Cath.
crime. Then he compelled his beateu
foes 70 agree that be should succeed
crazy King Charles At the lAtter's
death a. ruler OF France. In the
meantime be was 70 govern the realm
rs regent
No married Catherine and took her
back to England with him in triumph.
Her fatherlaAd's fall was the price of
'ner hand. And her husband had
brought about that fall She and
Henry were married. and, early IN
llf3l she was crowned queen OF Eng.
land. The next December the couples
A ov..... only son (known
$1,000 oo TO history as
~ Henry VII was
born. Few children have started life
with such prospects. For he was heir
60 the combined thrones OF France
and England. A few months later
lHsnry v. and Catherine went again To
France. There. when only 80 years
old. Henry died. Catherine brought
her little son back 10 England. There.
on crazy King Charles death. the boy
was crowned. while still In his cradle.
King OF England and of France. But
he lacked his fathers genius and in.
herited some Of his grandfather's. old
King Charles. insanity As a result,
he was destined TO lose both Kingdoms
and TO die In prison.
Catherine. though she had apparent.
ny returned her husbands adoring
love. was quickly consoled for his
death. She secretly married a Welsh |
man. Owen Tudor The anger of the
court over this marriage caused her
to pine away and die at the age Of SO. |
She and owen Tudor had two sons.
The elder Of these (the earl of Rich |
mond) became later the father OF |
Henry VII, who founded the Tudor
line OF kings in England
Or. Hale Abolished the Calendar.